- 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...
- limitation, some of
these cells undergo differentiation into heterocysts,
akinetes or hormogonia. N.
punctiforme is one of the
Nostoc strains able to maintain...
-
functional cell
differentiation such as
heterocysts (for
nitrogen fixation),
akinetes (resting
stage cells), and
hormogonia (reproductive,
motile filaments)...
- unicellular,
filamentous cyanobacteria, and some may
contain heterocysts and
akinetes.
Cyanobacteria differentiate into
hormogonia when
exposed to an environmental...
- Like all Oscillatoriales,
Planktothrix species have no
heterocysts and no
akinetes.
Planktothrix are
unique because they have
trichomes and
contain gas vacuoles...
-
Haematococcus produces resistant stages with
thick cell walls,
termed akinetes. ****ual
reproduction shows considerable variation in the type and formation...
- ; de la Torre, R.; Towner, M. C.; ****ell, C. S. (2009). "Survival of
Akinetes (Resting-State
Cells of Cyanobacteria) in Low
Earth Orbit and Simulated...
- (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...
