Select all of the following characteristics of cyanobacteria. (More than one answer is correct) - Gram-negative - Anoxygenic phototrophs - May possess nitrogenase, an enzyme used to produce ATP from ammonia - Gram positive - Oxygenic phototrophs - May possess nitrogenase, an enzyme that fixes N2 into organic compounds - Always unicellular - Some species may form filamentous multicellular associations
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