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  2. Heterocyst - Wikipedia

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    Heterocysts or heterocytes are specialized nitrogen-fixing cells formed during nitrogen starvation by some filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Nostoc, Cylindrospermum, and Anabaena. [1] They fix nitrogen from dinitrogen (N 2 ) in the air using the enzyme nitrogenase , in order to provide the cells in the filament with nitrogen for biosynthesis.

  3. Akinete - Wikipedia

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    Intercalary located akinete of Dolichospermum smithii Terminally located akinete of Gloeotrichia. An akinete is an enveloped, thick-walled, non-motile, dormant cell formed by filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria under the order Nostocales and Stigonematales.

  4. Cyanobacterial morphology - Wikipedia

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    Subsection III comprises multicellular, non-cell differentiating cyanobacteria (Oscillatoriales) and subsection IV and V cyanobacteria (Nostocales and Stigonematales) are multicellular, cell differentiating cyanobacteria that form specialized cell types in the absence of combined nitrogen (heterocysts), during unfavorable conditions or to ...

  5. Nostoc - Wikipedia

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    Nostoc, also known as star jelly, troll's butter, spit of moon, fallen star, witch's butter (not to be confused with the fungi commonly known as witches' butter), and witch's jelly, is the most common genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of both aquatic and terrestrial environments that may form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath of polysaccharides. [1]

  6. Cyanobacteria - Wikipedia

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    Some cyanobacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen in anaerobic conditions by means of specialized cells called heterocysts. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] Heterocysts may also form under the appropriate environmental conditions (anoxic) when fixed nitrogen is scarce.

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Tuesday ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  8. Aphanizomenon - Wikipedia

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    Aphanizomenon are a special type of cyanobacteria called heterocysts, which are capable of producing biologically useful nitrogen by the process of nitrogen fixation from atmospheric nitrogen. A large proportion (between 35 and 50%) of fixed nitrogen may be released into the surrounding water, providing an important source of biologically ...

  9. Microplastics Are in All of Us. Just How Bad Is That, Really?

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    Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the impact. When Jaime Ross, PhD, a neuroscientist and assistant ...