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The formation of hormogonia in the nostocalean cyanophytes/cyanobacteria Hapalosiphon fontinalis (C. Agardh) Bornet and Fischerella sp. was studied in natural populations collected from the Klin peatbog, northern Slovakia. Hormogonia were produced terminally in lateral branches of filaments (both species), or also directly on the main branches (Fischerella sp.). In contrast to vegetative filaments, hormogonia were not ramified, lacked heterocytes, were embedded in mucilaginous envelopes, were able to move, and their cells contained aerotopes. They were released by gliding through an opening in the sheath at the end of lateral branches of filaments. Released hormogonia of H. fontinalis were solitary or agglomerated into common fascicles morphologically resembling planktic colonies of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (L.) Ralfs ex Bornet et Flahault or Dolichospermum affine (Lemmermann) Wacklin, Hoffmann et Komárek (syn. Anabaena affinis Lemmermann). Occasionally, lateral or sessile Nostochopsis-like heterocytes and apical spherical monocytes were formed on the main filaments. Hormogonia of Fischerella sp. were formed not only in apical part of lateral trichomes, but also directly on the main trichomes. Their cells were markedly larger than the vegetative cells and possessed well-developed aerotopes. Released hormogonia remained solitary, and were not agglomerated into fascicles. Apical hormogonia were released by gliding through an opening in the sheath at the end of lateral branches of filaments, and basal hormogonia were released by breaking off the main axis. In contrast to filaments of H. fontinalis which were very common and represented the dominant species of the cyanophyte communities in the locality, filaments of Fischerella sp. were observed only in one sample and for a limited period. This is the first record of a representative of the genus Fischerella in Slovakia.
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Hindák, F. Hormogonia in two nostocalean cyanophytes (cyanobacteria) from the genera Hapalosiphon and Fischerella . Biologia 67, 1075–1079 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-012-0100-3
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