archaea and bacteria

sem of halobacterium

halobacterium

Purococcus, it’s a thermophile, domain Archaea

Diplo

two

strepto

chain

staphylo

cluster

streptobacilli

arranged in chains

oscillatoria

anabaena

Anabaena/Azolls relationship

mutualism - both organisms benifit

anabaena/azolla

Remoras hitch a ride on sharks and feed on scraps

commensalims- one benefits one unaffected

tape worms and fleas

parasitism

heterocysts

cells found in filament that are specialized in nitrogen fixation

enlarged cells with thick cell walls and they lack chlorophyll, giving them a hollow, colorless appearance

heterocysts

photosynthetic cells

the smaller rounder cells are the photosynthetic cells in asoka/ anabaena