Classification

Kingdom: Monera

Division: Eubacteria

Class: Cyanobacteria

Order: Nostocaceae

Genus: Nostoc

Common name: Star jelly

General characters of Cyanobacteria

• The incipient nucleus is present.
• The presence of a 70s type of ribosome.
• The gas vacuole is present.
• They are autotrophic and photosynthesis takes place by oxygenic photosynthesis.
• Double membrane-bound cell organelles like ER, Golgi body, plastids are absent.
• Their is an absence of locomotory organelles.
• Sexual reproduction is absent.
• Reproduction takes place by means of the asexual method.