<em>Phragmites australis</em> Root (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

<em>Phragmites australis</em> Root

Caption

The root of Phragmites australis -- "giant reed grass" -- with a cloud of bacteria around the root tip where bacteria enter root cells.

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Professor James F. White Jr./Rutgers University-New Brunswick

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