Pedigree: Anabaena azollae

The PEDIGREE of

Anabaena azollae

SYMBIOTIC partner of Azolla, fixing nitrogen for it

"Child(ren)": Section Azolla

poss. "Partner(s)": Genus Azolla (Mosquitoferns)

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														/	-- Earth of Nectarian Era (Hadean Eon) +	====> [ 35]
													/	-- Earth of Lower Imbrian Era (Hadean Eon)
												/	-- Earth of Eoarchean Era (Archean Eon)
											/	-- Non-reproducing Precursor Organism
										/	-- Earliest life (Based on Peptide Nucleic Acid)
										\|	\	/ or: polyamide nucleic acid
										\|	\|	/ or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
										/	\	-- Montmorillonite-based Vesicles
									/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA)
									/		/ (skip this generation?)
								/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
							/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
							\|	\	/ OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) +							====> [ 9]
							\|	\|	/	-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
							/	\	-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
						/	-- Proto-Bacteria (3700 M BC)
					/	-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
					/		/ OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria (Terra-Hydro Model) +									====> [ 45]
				/	-- Phylum Cyanobacteria (3000 M BC)
			/	-- Class Cyanophyceae
		/	-- Order Nostocales
		/		/ or: Order Hormogonales
	/	-- Family Nostocaceae
/	-- Genus Anabaena (Nitrogen-fixing plankton)
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- Anabaena azollae

``Grandchild:'' Azolla cristata