Diversity of Microorganisms - Prokaryotes
Anabaena
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Anabaena Culture 1 |
Anabaena Culture 2 |
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View the Anabaena slides above.
- Sketch a filament to show how the cells are arranged. Include a heterocyst
in your sketch.
- Examine an individual Anabaena cell.
- Note that the cell does not have a nucleus or chloroplasts
- Is Anabaena a
Prokaryote or a
Eukaryote (Click on the correct one)
Compare the two cultures with respect to the abundance of heterocysts.
- What can you conclude about the conditions the cultures were grown
in?
- Which culture was grown with ammonia as a Nitrogen source, 1
or 2
(Click on the correct one) ?
