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Because of their ability to fix nitrogen in aerobic conditions they are often found in symbiontic partnerships with a number of other groups of organisms, including but not limited to fungi lichens , corals, pteridophytes Azolla , and angiosperms Gunnera.
Many cyanobacteria are able to reduce ambient levels of nitrogen and carbon dioxide under aerobic conditions, a fact that may be responsible for their evolutionary and ecological success. In anaerobic conditions, they are also able to use only PS I—cyclic photophosphorylation—with electron donors other than water for example hydrogen sulfide , in the same way as the purple photosynthetic bacteria.
They also share an archaeal property, the ability to reduce elemental sulfur by anaerobic respiration in the dark. Their photosynthetic electron transport shares the same compartment as the components of respiratory electron transport. Their plasma membrane contains only components of the respiratory chain, while the thylakoid membrane hosts both respiratory and photosynthetic electron transport.
The cyanobacteria were traditionally classified by morphology into five sections, referred to by the numerals I-V. The first three—Chroococcales, Pleurocapsales, and Oscillatoriales—are not supported by phylogenetic studies.
However, the latter two—Nostocales and Stigonematales—are monophyletic, and make up the heterocystous cyanobacteria. Some cyanobacteria produce toxins, called cyanotoxins. This results in algal blooms, which can become harmful to other species including humans if the cyanobacteria involved produce toxins.
Learning Objectives Describe the characteristics associated with Cyanobacteria including: cell types, forms of motility and metabolic properties Explain the following laws within the Ideal Gas Law.
Some filamentous colonies show the ability to differentiate into several different cell types, including: Vegetative cells, the normal, photosynthetic cells that are formed under favorable growing conditions. Akinetes, the climate-resistant spores that may form when environmental conditions become harsh. Thick-walled heterocysts, which contain the enzyme nitrogenase, vital for nitrogen fixation.
Heterocysts may also form under the appropriate environmental conditions anoxic when fixed nitrogen is scarce.
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