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caption
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Under conditions of nitrogen deficiency A. ovalisporum develops heterocytes (central round and empty-looking cell in this ), in which N2 fixation by nitrogenase enzymes takes place
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author
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aalster and tzohary
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copyright
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A Alster & T Zohary, Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, IOLR
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observation details
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image notes
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Photo taken with an Olympus BX50 Microscope equipped with DIC optics and PixeLink digital camera, mag. X1000
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anatomical section
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heterocyte (center) among regular cells
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image sets
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Lake Kinneret planktonic life forms
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