Azolla – Anabaena Ortaklığının Biyolojisi

Abstract

Azolla is a floating fern that floats in the freshwater which contains a permanent endosymbiotic community of a heterosist-forming
filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria Anabaena azollae living in the dorsal lobe cavity of the fronds. Symbiosis between Azolla–
Anabaena is a great importance due to the use of plant as biofertilizer. Use in agriculture as well as animal feed, production of biogas, control
of weeds and mosquitoes, and is also used in bioremediation studies. In this review presented an overview of the morphology of the symbiosis,
taxonomy, life cycle and the use of Azolla in agriculture and biotechnology.