Coral polyps hosting symbiotic algae (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

Coral polyps hosting symbiotic algae

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Fluorescence image of coral Acropora juvenile polyps hosting the symbiotic algae (Breviolum minutum) that was used in the research paper, shown as red dots. Green color is the endogenous green fluorescence from corals.

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Robert Jinkerson/Tingting Xiang/UCR

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