The bacteria under the microscope (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

The bacteria under the microscope

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Microscopy image (fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) confocal microscopy) of tissues from a deep-sea mussel showing the intranuclear parasite Ca. Endonucleobacter in yellow, and the beneficial symbiotic bacteria in green and red. Cell nuclei are stained blue. The right panel is a zoom-in of the white square in the left panel. 

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Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Porras/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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