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Microscopy

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Micrograph of oocytes (shown in blue) of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata. Presence of symbiotic Francisella (shown in yellow) within oocytes is here revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization.

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Marie Buysse, MIVEGEC research unit (CNRS / IRD / University of Montpellier)

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