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Cyanobacteria |
a.k.a blue-green algae |
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Blue-green algae |
Gram-negative bacteria |
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Trichome |
Filamentous cyanobacteria produce a string of cells called |
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Heterocyte |
Covered w/ thick wall that prevents the passage of O2 gas produced from the photosynthetic activities of neighbouring cells |
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Cyanophycean starch |
After photosynthesis, the food that they produce is in the form of |
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Hormogonia |
Fragments in fragmentation are called |
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Fragmentation |
Both common in colonial and filamentous cyanobacteria |
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Necridium |
Sacrificial cell |
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Exospores |
Break the filament during fragmentation |
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Akinete |
A large cell that stores food and is surrounded by thick wall that makes it resistant to harsh environment |
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Gleocapsa |
It releases matrix that may appear double layered |
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Oscillatoria |
A usual type of blue-green algae that grows and divides transversely forming single or mat-like filaments that is made up of cells resembling each other |
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Spirulina |
A cyanobacterium that is widely advertised as a health food |
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Arthrospira |
Spirulina is taxonomically called... |
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Nostoc |
Forms from a large colony containing thousands of contiguous filaments set in jelly-like matrix |
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Anabaena |
One of those cyanobacteria that develop akinete in its filament |
