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Image Gallery: Bacterial cells aggregating above the light organ of the Hawaiian bobtail squid
ID
7018
A light organ (~0.5 mm across) of a juvenile Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes. Movement of cilia on the surface of the organ aggregates bacterial symbionts (green) into two areas above sets of pores that lead to interior crypts. This image was taken using a confocal fluorescence microscope.
Related to images 7016, 7017, 7019, and 7020.
Related to images 7016, 7017, 7019, and 7020.
Source
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Carnegie Institution for Science/California Institute of Technology, and Edward G. Ruby, California Institute of Technology.
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