<i>Thalassiosira pseudonana</i> (IMAGE)

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

<i>Thalassiosira pseudonana</i>

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This is a side and overhead view of the microscopic marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. PNNL scientists used this species to develop a fluorescent biosensor that changes its glow in the presence of the sugar ribose.

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Nils Kröger, Universität Regensburg

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