"Photosynthetic microbes" refer to tiny living organisms that can use sunlight to produce energy through a process called photosynthesis.
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Along with weather and geologic processes on Earth removed carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the expanding success of photosynthetic microbes eventually created so much atmospheric oxygen and depleted methane and carbon dioxide levels to such an extent that the greenhouse effect may have become negligible around Year 2.1 billion, chilling the young Earth (Gabrielle Walker, New Scientist, 1999); and Evans and Kirschvink, 1997). (members.nova.org)
Venter and other scientists are experimenting with photosynthetic microbes such as algae and cyanobacteria (sometimes referred to as blue - green algae). (scientificamerican.com)
Warmer waters also put them under stress, making them expel photosynthetic microbes that provide most of their energy as well as their vibrant colours, leaving them a bleached white. (newscientist.com)