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Assertion: Nostoc is a photosynthetic autotroph. 

Reason: Nostoc can fix atmospheric nitrogen in heterocysts. 

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Cyanobacteria have photosynthetic pigments like chlorophyll a and hence are photoautotrophs. They have heterocysts meant for nitrogen fixation.


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