portrait + heterocyst
Description:
Anabaena (a-na-bean-a) is a filamentous cyanobacterium, the slightly larger cells are heterocysts, and are associated with nitrogen fixation. Nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria are important for nitrogen generation in rice paddy fields. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Bacteria
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
- Cyanobacteria
- Nostocales
- Nostocaceae
- Anabaena
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