Assertion: cyanobacteria | /r/HasProperty | algae
Facets:
value: because of their sometimes large size
type: CAUSE
value: because of their ecological role
type: CAUSE
value: because of their metabolism
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Cyanobacteria (also algae) is classified as a bacteria.
text: Because of their sometimes large size, their metabolism, and their ecological role, the cyanobacteria were long considered algae; even today it is not uncommon to refer to them as blue-green algae, especially in ecological studies.
text: Cyanobacteria were once thought to be algae.
text: Originally, biologists thought cyanobacteria was algae, and referred to it as "blue-green algae".