The Rhizobial nitrogen fixing symbionts in the diatom (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

The Rhizobial nitrogen fixing symbionts in the diatom

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The Rhizobial nitrogen fixing symbionts (fluorescently-labeled in orange and green using genetic probes) residing inside diatoms collected from the tropical North Atlantic. The nucleus of the diatom is shown in bright blue

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Mertcan Esti/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

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