Isolation and Identification of Anabaena Azollae from Azolla through Foldscope
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Mooventhan Palanisamy
Myself Dr. Mooventhan Palanisamy working as a Senior Scientist, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
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Anabaena Azollae is a small
filamentous phototrophic cyanobacteria generally seen as a multicellular
organism with two distinct, interdependent cell types. The first is a small,
circular, photoautotrophic “vegetative” cell that performs oxygenic photosynthesis
and is typically blue green in color. The second is a heterocyst; a larger,
paler, more homogenous cell produced by Anabaena to fix atmospheric nitrogen.
A. Azollae, although it can exist on it’s own, is usually found within ovoid
cavities inside the leaves of the water fern Azolla. Azolla (also known as
mosquito fern, duckweed fern, or fairy moss) is a genus of common waterfern
whose small leaves accumulate on the surface of bodies of water creating mats.
filamentous phototrophic cyanobacteria generally seen as a multicellular
organism with two distinct, interdependent cell types. The first is a small,
circular, photoautotrophic “vegetative” cell that performs oxygenic photosynthesis
and is typically blue green in color. The second is a heterocyst; a larger,
paler, more homogenous cell produced by Anabaena to fix atmospheric nitrogen.
A. Azollae, although it can exist on it’s own, is usually found within ovoid
cavities inside the leaves of the water fern Azolla. Azolla (also known as
mosquito fern, duckweed fern, or fairy moss) is a genus of common waterfern
whose small leaves accumulate on the surface of bodies of water creating mats.
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