Anabaena; chains of prokaryotic cells; heterocysts.	Gloeotrichia prokaryotic cells; terminal heterocysts, subterminal akinetes	Gloeotrichia: chains of pkaryotic cells; terminal heterocysts, subterminal akinetes
Merismopedia: a colony composed of groups of 4 cells, one cell layer thick.	Nostoc: colony of cells with chains of cells imbedded in a gelationous matrix	Oscillatoria: an unbranched filament	Lyngbya: a trichome with a filament embedded in a gelationous sheath.

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