Electron Microscopy and NanoSIMS Analyses of Slices of Individual Microbial Consortia (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Electron Microscopy and NanoSIMS Analyses of Slices of Individual Microbial Consortia

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Electron microscopy (left), and nanoSIMS analyses (right) of slices of individual microbial consortia allowed for unambiguous identification and analysis of thousands of individual cells. nanoSIMS images such as this one give a quantitative picture of the isotopic composition of each cell, and in turn, a measure of each cell's biosynthetic activity in relationship to each cell's neighbors.

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Shawn McGlynn/Caltech

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