Zooming in on the Azolla leaf pocket. (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Zooming in on the Azolla leaf pocket.

Caption

A and B show the intricate patterns on two different species of Azolla ferns, whilst C is a scanning electron micrograph of the Azolla fern leaf (red) and T. azollae bacterial cells residing within the leaf pockets (green).

Credit

Armitage et al., The ISME Journal, 2025

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