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The effects of metabolic inhibitors, thiourea, sodium bisulphite 2, 4-dinitrophenol, 2, 4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine, actinomycin-D, cycloheximide and 8-azaguanine on the nitrogen fixing heterocystous, heterotrichous stigonematalean blue-green algaWestiellopsis iyengarii were studied. In general three types of responses were discernible: an inhibition of growth in higher concentrations, partial suppression of heterocyst, and total inhibition of sporulation.
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Chellappa, N.T., Rao, V.N.R. & Ragothaman, G. Effect of metabolic inhibitors on growth, heterocyst frequency and spore formation in a blue-green alga,Westiellopsis iyengarii . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 86, 217–222 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050964
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