A Lake Stechlin Water Sample Showing Microscopic Fungi (Marked with Sapphire-Blue Spots) (IMAGE)

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A Lake Stechlin Water Sample Showing Microscopic Fungi (Marked with Sapphire-Blue Spots)

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Can you spot them? Underwater fungi can be tiny and are often only distinguishable by a special fluorescence dye. This is a Lake Stechlin water sample and all the sapphire-blue spots mark microscopic fungi among all the other things that live in the lake water.

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Christian Wurzbacher

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