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Tolypothrix (toll-eep-o-thricks) is a filamentous blue-green alga (cyanobacterium) which expresses false branching, i.e., the cells divide in one plane only, but a heterocyst may cause cells to break free and form an apparent branch. Two false branches are shown in this image. Heterocysts are differentiated thick-walled cells that provide the site for nitrogen fixation, and three are prominent in this image. Differential interference microscopy.  data on this strain. 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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Tolypothrix
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Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP)
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