Healthy and Infected Coscinodiscus granii Cell (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Healthy and Infected Coscinodiscus granii Cell

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Healthy (left) and infected (right) diatom Coscinodiscus granii: In the cell on the right, the parasitic oomycete Lagenisma coscinodisci has sucked all nutrients and modulated the algal metabolome to generate its own reproductive form, the sporangium.

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Marine Vallet, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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