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Encyclopedia > Nostoc
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Nostoc
Photo of N. Azollae'
Photo of N. Azollae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Cyanobacteria
Class: see [1]
Order: Nostocales
Family: Nostocaceae
Genus: Nostoc
Species

See text. Image File history File links Nostoc_AZOLLAE.jpg Image of Nostoc Azollae from http://www-cyanosite. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria(singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ... Orders The taxonomy of the Cyanobacteria is currently under revision. ... Genera Anabaena Anabaenopsis Aphanizomenon Aulosira Cylindrospermopsis Cylindrospermum Loefgrenia Nodularia Nostoc Wollea The Nostocaceae is a family of cyanobacteria that forms filament-shaped colonies enclosed in mucus or a gelatinous sheath. ... In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ...

Nostoc is a genus of fresh water cyanobacteria that forms spherical colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. When on the ground, a Nostoc colony is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was once thought to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. It is also called witches' butter. Orders The taxonomy of the Cyanobacteria is currently under revision. ... In biology, a colony (from Latin colonia) means several individual organisms of the same species living closely together, usually for mutual benefit, such as stronger defences, the ability to attack bigger prey etc. ... Filaments surrounding a solar flare, caused by the interaction of the plasma in the Suns atmopshere with its magnetic field. ... Star Jelly, or Pwdre Ser, is a compound supposedly deposited on the earth during meteor showers. ...


It can be found on moist rocks, at the bottom of lakes and springs, and rarely in marine habitats. These bacteria sometimes contain photosynthetic pigments in their cytoplasm to perform photosynthesis. It may also grow symbiotically within the tissues of plants, such as the aquatic fern Azolla (mosquito fern) or hornworts, providing nitrogen to its host. Leaf. ... b nhm b. ... Biological tissue is a group of cells that perform a similar function. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ... Species Azolla caroliniana Willd. ... Hornworts (or horned liverworts) are a group of non-vascular plants comprising the class Anthocerotae. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nitrogen, N, 7 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 14. ...


Nostoc is a member of the family Nostocaceae of the order Hormogonales. Species include: Genera Anabaena Anabaenopsis Aphanizomenon Aulosira Cylindrospermopsis Cylindrospermum Loefgrenia Nodularia Nostoc Wollea The Nostocaceae is a family of cyanobacteria that forms filament-shaped colonies enclosed in mucus or a gelatinous sheath. ...

  • N. azollae
  • N. caeruleum
  • N. carneum
  • N. comminutum
  • N. commune
  • N. ellipsosporum
  • N. flagelliforme
  • N. linckia
  • N. longstaffi
  • N. microscopicum
  • N. muscorum
  • N. paludosum
  • N. pruniforme
  • N. punctiforme
  • N. sphaericum
  • N. spongiaeforme
  • N. verrucosum

Binomial name Nostoc flagellifome , Fat choy (Nostoc flagelliforme; Chinese: 发菜; pinyin: ), also known as black moss or hair moss, is a cyanobacterium (a type of fresh water algae) that is used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine. ...

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Nostoc pruniforme
Nostoc pruniforme

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Nostoc - MicrobeWiki (603 words)
Nostoc, first discovered in the 19th century, is one of the most widespread phototrophic bacteria in the world.
Nostocs are photosynthesizers which use cytoplasmic photosynthetic pigments rather than chloroplasts in their metabolic process.
Nostoc environments are diverse and widespread over the globe; isolates have been found in fresh water, soils, and both extremely cold and extremely arid habitats.
Nostoc (433 words)
Nostoc as seen on my stone covered drive
Nostoc is a very simple alga, belonging to the Cyanophycae group (Blue-Green algae).
The gelatinous bodies shown above consist of numerous internal filaments called trichomes encapsulated within a sheath or skin.
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