Practical: Study of Nostoc

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 Practical: Study of Nostoc Nostoc is a filamentous, photosynthetic cyanobacterium. It commonly occurs in freshwater, moist soil, wet rocks and other damp habitats. Colonies are usually gelatinous because numerous filaments remain embedded in a mucilaginous matrix. Materials Required Fresh or preserved Nostoc material, clean glass slide, cover slip, dropper, dissecting needle, water, blotting paper and compound microscope. Procedure Take a small quantity of Nostoc colony with the help of a dissecting needle and place it on a clean glass slide. Add one or two drops of water and gently tease the material so that the filaments become separated. Place a cover slip carefully over the material without trapping air bubbles. Remove excess water with blotting paper. First observe the preparation under low power and then under high power of the compound microscope. Observations The plant body of Nostoc is thalloid and usually forms a soft, jelly-like colony. A colony contains numerous ...

Comparison between Normal and Coralloid Root:

Comparison between Normal and Coralloid Root:

 

Normal root:

 

Coralloid root:

 

1. Develops from the radicle, tap root system

 

2. Geotropic

 

3. Such characters are absent

 

4. Such infection is absent

 

 

5. Root hairs are present

 


6. Cortex is smaller

 


7. Such division is absent

 

 

 

8. Secondary growth present

 

9. Main functions are: fixation of plant, absorption of water and mineral nutrients

 

1. Develops from the normal roots

 

2. Apogeotropic

 

3. Develops from the normal roots

 

4. Dichotomously branched and appears like coral

 

5. Gets infected with algae, bacteria

 

6. Cortex is wider in comparison

 

7. Due to presence of the algal zone in the cortex, it is differentiated into outer cortex and inner cortex

 

8. Xylem very little or absent

 


9. Main function is nitrogen fixation

 

 

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