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Cover Picture: J. Basic Microbiol. 2/2009
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.200990004
Subject(s) - heterocyst , trichome , anabaena variabilis , anabaena , botany , biology , cyanobacteria , strain (injury) , bacteria , genetics , anatomy
Morphological diversity among Anabaena isolates from major agro‐ecologies of India, depicting the heterogeneity in shape, size and colour of cells and trichomes. Shown are Anabaena type strain, coiled filaments ( A. circinalis ), pointed end cell (A. spiroides), double heterocysts ( A. iyengarii ), heterocysts ( A. aphanizomenoides ), large, oval and boat shaped akinetes ( A. flos‐aquae , A. anomala , A. naviculoides ), in‐situ germination of akinetes ( A. sphaerica ) and a series of akinetes ( A. variabilis var. ellipsospora ). Scale bar = 40 μm (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)