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This document summarizes the physiology of heterocysts and nitrogen fixation in cyanobacteria. It discusses how heterocysts are specialized cells that facilitate nitrogen fixation. Key points: 1) Heterocysts are enlarged cells that lack photosystem II, allowing them to fix nitrogen without producing oxygen. Their multi-layered cell walls prevent oxygen from entering. 2) Inside heterocysts, nitrogenase enzymes fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia while photosystem I generates ATP without producing oxygen
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