Cyanobacteria (a.k.a. blue-green algae)
TYPE: Bacterium (although considered a form of algae for years)
FAVORITE HANGOUT:WaterLIKES:Producing oxygen.
AGE:3.5 billion years. Cyanobacteria fossils are among the oldest known fossils.Cyanobacteria are the progenitors of algae and plants. The chloroplasts with which plants convert sunlight into energy derived from cyanobacteria that took up residence in eukaryotic cells millions of years ago.
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