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- noun Plural form of
heterocyst .
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In the higher forms special cells called heterocysts are found.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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These ions can be present naturally as a result of atmospheric deposition, surface and groundwater runoff, dissolution of nitrogen-rich geological deposits, N2 fixation by certain prokaryotes (cyanobacteria with heterocysts, in particular), and biological degradation of organic matter.
Inorganic nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems~ causes and consequences 2007
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We presume that in strain D9 the ability to form proper heterocysts was secondarily lost together with N
Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010
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"Patterning of heterocysts controlled by gradients of activator protein in filamentous cyanobacgteria" by Doug Risser, Graduate Student, UH, Department of Microbiology
University News 2009
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