- 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)...
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terrestrial environments,
where it
grows in
colonies attached to the substrate.
Akinetes are not known, and the
members of the
family are
known to
reproduce with...
- 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...
-
heterocystous cyanobacteria that
reproduces by
fragmentation and with
akinetes.
Anabaenopsis can
produce microcystins,
which are
toxic to both humans...
- κινεῖν (kineîn), κίνησις (kínēsis), κίνημα (kínēma) akinesia, akinesis,
akinete, akinetic, cinema, cinematic, diakinesis, dyskinesia, dyskinetic, hyperkinesia...
- and ****ually, via
biflagellate zoospores or isogametes.
Aplanospores and
akinetes have also been observed.
Species of
Microspora have
traditionally been...
