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Nitrogen Firework

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Some cyanobacteria such as Petalonema alatum are capapble of nitrogen fixation due to specific cells called heterocytes. This image shows a cyanobacterial filament surrounded by thick, layered extracellular polymeric substances with a heterocyte in the middle.