Bacteria in the Gut of Fruit Flies (IMAGE)

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia

Bacteria in the Gut of Fruit Flies

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This is a microscopic image of beneficial bacteria associated with fruit flies' anterior gut. The nuclei of fly's cells are stained in blue and bacteria are stained in red.

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Inês Pais and Rita Valente

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