Kentrophoros sp. (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Kentrophoros sp. (1 of 2)

Caption

Live image of Kentrophoros sp. from Elba, Italy. This ciliate, a single giant (>1 mm) eukaryotic cell carries several million bacterial symbionts everywhere it goes, and harvests them for food. Half the biomass visible in this image is bacterial.

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Brandon Seah/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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