Fossilized mounds of them are often mistaken for amphibian eggs and are called stromatolites.
Flamingos get their pink color from eating the Spirulina genus of this group of organisms. Fossilized mounds of them are often mistaken for amphibian eggs and are called stromatolites. They lack flagella, but some species, such as Oscillatoria are capable of locomotion through a still-unknown process. Containing specialized cells called heterocysts, these cells are vital in their role as nitrogen fixaters. Most closely related to chloroplasts before their conversion to endosymbiotes, name, FTP, this group of prokaryotic organisms also called blue-green algae.
Flamingos get their pink color from eating the Spirulina genus of this group of organisms.
cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae before it is mentioned).