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 Image Number D2897-1 |
A three-dimensional image, constructed from a series of images taken with a confocal fluorescence microscope, of a Cryptosporidium oocyst (bright green) inside a stoma (pore) of a spinach plant. The red spheres surrounding the oocyst are the plant’s chloroplasts.
Photo by ARS Electron and Confocal Microscopy Unit.
