Description: Anabaena is a diazotrophic filamentous cyanobacteria. Heterocysts present.
Isolated from: Mellum, Germany
Type of sample: sediment.
Incubation T°: 14°C.
Light cycle: 16 light/ 8 dark
Medium: BG11°
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