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Anabaena (ann-a-bean-a) a filamentous blue green algae, with differentiated cells within the filament or trichome. Differential interference microscopy.

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This image is of material from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton, images taken by David Patterson and Bob Andersen. Image copyright: Bob Andersen and D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Anabaena

From the collection Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)

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 this collection

Anabaena
sp. heterocyst

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 Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska
Anabaena, from Athens, Georgia, USA	Anabaena, from Freshwater microbes - NW Australia	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska	Anabaena, from Lake Toolik, Arctic Alaska

micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006
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