Look up: heterocyst

1. Heterocyst
   Specialised cell in filamentous cyanobacteria frequently associated with nitrogen fixation.
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2. heterocyst
   A cell that has no oxygen-producing apparatus-but has in it the hydrogen-generating apparatus. Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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3. heterocyst
   Specialized cell type found at regular intervals along the filaments of certain Cyanobacteria; site of nitrogen fixation.
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4. Heterocyst
   Het'er·o·cyst noun [ Hetero- + cyst .] (Botany) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algæ related to nostoc.
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5. heterocyst
   <biology> Specialised cell type found at regular intervals along the filaments of certain Cyanobacteria, site of nitrogen fixation. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. Heterocyst
   • (n.) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.
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7. heterocyst
   (from the article `blue-green algae`) ...the gaseous nitrogen of the air into compounds that can be used by living cells. Particularly efficient nitrogen fixers are found among the ...
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8. Heterocyst
   `Heterocysts` are specialized nitrogen-fixing cells formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria, such as Nostoc punctiforme, Cylindrospermum stagnale and Anabaena sphaerica, during nitrogen starvation. They fix nitrogen from dinitrogen (N₂) in the air using the enz...
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