What surrounds cyanobacteria colonies?

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The cyanobacteria are unicellular, colonial or filamentous, freshwater/marine or terrestrial algae. The colonies are generally surrounded by gelatinous sheath. They often form blooms in polluted water bodies. Some of these organisms can fix atmospheric nitrogen inspecialised cells called heterocysts, e.g., Nostoc and Anabaena.