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Cytochemical and immunocytochemical studies were made on the Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis to try to understand how metabolites are interchanged between the prokaryotic colony and the fern. The detection of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) by immuno-gold staining was considered to be important in order to understand the behaviour of Anabaena cells in the association and the role of the plastids present in Azolla transfer hairs and mesophyll cells. We have detected the presence of catalase and glycollate oxidase activity in peroxisomes of Azolla. The relationship between these two sets of data is discussed.
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Carrapiço, F., Tavares, R. (1989). New data on the Azolla-Anabaena symbiosis. In: Skinner, F.A., Boddey, R.M., Fendrik, I. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0889-5_12
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