image: 3D reconstruction microscopic image of the cotton fibers after incorporation of the fluorescent exogenous molecule. This image was taken under confocal laser scanning microscope under UV light. The tubular morphology of the fibers is clearly seen. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 15 September 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by F. Natalio at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany, and colleagues was titled, "Biological fabrication of cellulose fibers with tailored properties." view more
Credit: Filipe Natalio