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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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This is an electron micrograph of genetically modified Acinetobacter baylyi and Escherichia coli strains. The bacteria exchange amino acids via nanotubes (i.e. tube-like connections between cells).

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Martin Westermann, Electron Microscopy Center, University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

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