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Anabaena. Cell observed in freshwater sediments in the vicinity of Broome, Western Australia in September 2003. This image was taken using differential interference contrast optics.

This work was supported by the Australian Biological Resources Study.

This image was provided by Angelika Preisfeld and David Patterson. Image copyright: Angelika Preisfeld and D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Anabaena

From the collection Freshwater microbes - NW Australia

Description of Anabaena: Filamentous, the filaments (trichomes) may be coiled or straight, with occasional heterocysts. Terminal cells of trichomes may or may not be narrowed. Ticker walled akinetes may also form. The trichomes may (rare) or may not be encaused in mucilage.

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Anabaena in other collections

Anabaena, from Plum Island, Massachusetts coast, USA	Anabaena, from Microbes of Convict Lake	Anabaena, from Microbes of Convict Lake	Anabaena, from Microbes of Mammoth Lake	Anabaena, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps
Anabaena, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps	Anabaena cylindrica, from Limnic and marine Protists of Northern Germany and the Alps	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Anabaena, from Athens, Georgia, USA	Anabaena, from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)
Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Anabaena, from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska

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