alleryIn Nostoc and Anabaena, atmospheric nitrogen is fixed in specialised cells called
Aheterocysts
Bconidia
Chormogonia
Dakinetes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. heterocysts
Heterocysts are the thick-walled cells of these cyanobacteria where nitrogen fixation takes place.
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