Algae Nostoc muscorum

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Vaishampayan, A. 1983. Mo-V interactions during N2- and N03-metabohsm in a N2-fixing blue-green alga Nostoc muscorum. Experientia 39 358-360. 

Isol. from the blue-green alga Nostoc muscorum and from the oil of Ruta graveolens. 

Almon H and Bohme H (1980) Components and activity of the photosynthetic electron-transport system of intact heterocysts isolated from the blue-green alga Nostoc muscorum, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 592, 113-120. 

Strains studied were as follows Anabaena sp. PCC7120, Anabaena cylindrica IAM M-l, Anabaena variabilis IAM M-58, Anabaenopsis circularis IAM M-4, Nostoc muscorum IAM M-14, Nostoc linckia IAM M-30, Nostoc commune IAM M-13, Nostoc carneum IAM M-35, Cylindrospermum muscicola IAM M-32, Anabaena cylindrica UTEX B 629, Anabaena flos-aquae UTEX 1444, and Anabaena flos-aquae UTEX LB 2558. Anabaena sp. PCC7120 was kindly donated by Dr. Ohmori of the University of Tokyo. UTEX and IAM strains were obtained from the Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Texas and the Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, respectively. 

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