Infected bacteriome (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Infected bacteriome

Caption

Visualization of Bacteria Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization: This image shows a bacteriome infected with Sodalis praecaptivus (magenta) in a first-generation offspring of the sawtoothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis. The original symbiont, Shikimatogenerans, is labeled in yellow.

Credit

Ronja Krüsemer, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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