Details Title: Plant Diversity Lab 2, Cyanobacteria Description: vocabulary and concepts from the second lab Total Flash Cards: 12 Created: 07/05/2009 17:37:09		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Plant Sciences Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term peptidoglycans Definition polymers of sugars and amino acids that make up the cell wall of cyanobacteria Term do cyanobacteria have a cell wall? Definition yes Term nucleoid Definition the region in a prokaryote that the single circular DNA molecule resides Term thylakoids Definition a parallel array of membranes located in the cytoplasm where photosynthesis occurs in cyanobacteria, as opposed to in chloroplasts Term chlorophyll a Definition the main photosynthetic pigment found in cyanobacteria Term carotenoids and phycobilins Definition accessory pigments Term phycoerythrin Definition a red pigment found in cyanobacteria and red algae Term phycocyanin Definition a blue pigment that gives blue-green algae its name Term hormogonia Definition small fragments that split from the mother trichome in a filamentous cyanobacteria colony Term akinetes Definition some cells can turn into these thick-walled spore bodies that can weather adverseconditions Term heterocysts Definition special thick-walled cells that are internally anaerobic and fix nitrogen Term polar nodules Definition aka microplasmodesmata allow the exchange of fixed nitrogen and food between heterocysts and neighboring cells