VEGETATIVE STRUCTURE AND ANATOMY OF NOSTOC OCCURRENCE OF NOSTOC * IT IS FILAMENTS FROM OF BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC HABITAT. * IT DOES NOT OCCUR IN SIMPLE FILAMENT BUT GROW IN LARGE COLONY OF CLOSELY PACKED TRICHOME. * THE TRICOME ARE EMBEDDED IN MATRIX GILATINOUS BACTERIA. * THE THALI ARE UP OF VARIOUS SIZE AND SHAPE AND MAY BE SOLID OR HOLLOW. * IT SIZE THEY ARE MICROSCOPIC P-SIZE OR AS LARGE AS PLUMB. * THE COLOR MAY BE OLIVE GREEN OR BLUE GREEN. STRUCTURE OF THE COLONY * THE CHAINS OF THE TRICOME OF VARYING LENGTH OF TANGELED IN GILATINOUS MATRIX TO FORM A COLONY. * EACH TRICOME IS USUALLY ENCLOSED BY IT S OWN MUCILAGINOUS SEATH AN IS CALLED AS FILAMENT. * EACH COLONY APPEARS LIKEN BLUISH GREEN OR YELLOW MASS IN JELLY. * YOUNG COLONY ARE SMALL AND MICROSCOPIC BUT THE MATURE ON LARGE. STRUCTURE OF THE TRICHOME * TRICOME ARE MORE CROWDED ...
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