NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyMineral NutritionPractice

Heterocysts present in Anabaena is specialised for:

Options

AN 2 fixation
BFood storage
CFission
DSexual reproduction

Correct answer

A. N 2 fixation

Step-by-step solution

For nitrogen fixation, beside this it can also perform the functions like reproduction, perennating structure, binary fission. Heterocyst structures contain nitrogenase enzyme, the structure is formed such that no oxygen can enter into it.

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