Kingdom Monera (Prokaryotes)
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Cyanobacteria ("blue-green algae")

Anabae_a.jpg (551216 bytes)Anabaena (note that each coil is made of multiple cells joined like pearls on a necklace; some coils are stained red, some green)

 

Anabae_D.jpg (408328 bytes)Anabaena (note the coil is made of numerous spherical cells, with an occasional heterocyst in the chain)

 

Anab_hetero.jpg (427581 bytes)Anabaena (note occasional heterocysts in chain)

 

 

Nostoc.jpg (488866 bytes)Nostoc 

 

 


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