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EVIDENCE OF A ROLE OF HETEROCYSTS IN THE SPORULATION OF A BLUE‐GREEN ALGA
Author(s) -
Wolk C. Peter
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1966.tb07332.x
Subject(s) - heterocyst , biology , spore , vegetative reproduction , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , cyanobacteria , genetics , bacteria , anabaena
Sporulation of vegetative cells adjacent to heterocysts is prevented by detachment of the two cell types, probably without impairment of the capacity of those vegetative cells to sporulate. Apparently, therefore, heterocysts are in part responsible for the sporulation of vegetative cells attached to them.