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Chroococcus (crow-o-cock-us), large cyanobacterium, typically two (but sometimes one) cells enclosed within a mucus sheath. Photosynthetic pigment distributed through cytoplasm, which may have a granular texture, but does not have subcompartments (organelles). Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
- Oscillatoriophycideae
- Chroococcales
- Chroococcaceae
- Chroococcus
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
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