SEM of alga <i>Bigelowellia natans</i> (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

SEM of alga <i>Bigelowellia natans</i>

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This is a scanning electron micrograph of the alga Bigelowellia natans, the first chlorarachniophyte to be sequenced. These algae still possess the nucleus (nucleomorph) and cytoplasm of their algal endosymbionts in a highly reduced and simplified form.

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Dr. Geoff McFadden, University of Melbourne, Australia

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