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Aphanizomenon ovalisporum



caption 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
author aalster and tzohary
copyright A Alster & T Zohary, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, IOLR
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image notes Photo taken with an Olympus BX50 Microscope equipped with DIC optics and PixeLink digital camera, mag. X1000
anatomical section heterocyte (center) among regular cells
image sets   Lake Kinneret planktonic life forms