Isolation and characterization of heterocysts from Anabaena sp. strain CA

Ashok Kumar1, F. Robert Tabita2, Chase Van Baalen1
1Port Aransas Marine Lab, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, USA
2Department of Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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