New Mutant Coral Symbiont Alga Able to Switch Symbiosis Off (image)

Tohoku University

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Coral symbiont alga Symbiodinium and the model cnidarian Exaiptasia pallida. Symbiotic (left) and non-symbiotic state (right) of the 'curly' sea anemone E. pallida.

Credit

Shinichiro Maruyama

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