heterocyte
Description:
Under conditions of nitrogen deficiency A. ovalisporum develops heterocytes (central round and empty-looking cell in this filament), in which N2 fixation by nitrogenase enzymes takes place.
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- Life (creatures)
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- Bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
- Nostocales
- Aphanizomenonaceae
- Chrysosporum
- Chrysosporum ovalisporum
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
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- Alla Alster; Tamar Zohary
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