- An
akinete is an enveloped, thick-walled, non-motile,
dormant cell
formed by both
cyanobacteria and algae.
Cyanobacterial akinetes are
mainly formed by...
-
converted into
thick walled akinetes. Food
reserves are ac****ulated
within the
akinetes. When the
conditions are
favourable each
akinete develops into a new plant...
- heterocyst-forming
bacteria can
differentiate into spore-like
cells called akinetes or
motile cells called hormogonia,
making them the most phenotypically...
-
functional cell
differentiation such as
heterocysts (for
nitrogen fixation),
akinetes (resting
stage cells), and
hormogonia (reproductive,
motile filaments)...
- κινεῖν (kineîn), κίνησις (kínēsis), κίνημα (kínēma) akinesia, akinesis,
akinete, akinetic, cinema, cinematic, diakinesis, dyskinesia, dyskinetic, hyperkinesia...
- (filaments
without sheaths). Each
trichome has an
akinete as the
basal cell near the
center of the colony.
Akinetes if
present are
adjacent the heterocyst. The...
- κινεῖν (kineîn), κίνησις (kínēsis), κίνημα (kínēma) akinesia, akinesis,
akinete, akinetic, cinema, cinematic, diakinesis, dyskinesia, dyskinetic, hyperkinesia...
-
heterocystous cyanobacteria that
reproduces by
fragmentation and with
akinetes.
Anabaenopsis can
produce microcystins,
which are
toxic to both humans...
- limitation, some of
these cells undergo differentiation into heterocysts,
akinetes or hormogonia. N.
punctiforme is one of the
Nostoc strains able to maintain...
- content, and pH.
During the winter,
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
persists as
akinetes deep in the
layers of sediment.
These dormant cyanobacterial cells will...
