Term Name:	cyanelle
Synonyms:	cyanoplast, muroplast
Definition:	A plastid that contains unstacked, phycobilisome-bearing thylakoid membranes and is surrounded by a double membrane with a peptidoglycan layer in the intermembrane space between the two envelope membranes. Cyanelles are characteristic of algae in the class Glaucophyta, and may represent an ancestral form of plastid.
Ontology:	GO: Cellular Component [GO:0009842]    QuickGO    AmiGO