Asexual reproduction occurs when chains of cells break at the heterocysts forming separate cell chains. Gram positive rod shaped bacteria. Gram negative rod shaped bactieria that commonly live in the human large intestine. These bacteria cause botulism poisoning. A blue green bacterium.
Individual cells secrete a gelatinous material.
A blue green bacterium that conststs of strings of spherical cells within a gelatinous material. This blue green bacterium exists as a fillament of cells. A large spiral bacterium x1000. Return to the Plant Biology index page . Return to the O.S.U. Lima home page .