Image of the Week - March 9, 2014
CIL:41640 - http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/41640
Description: Underwater image of live coral Montastraea annularis. Note polyp tissue (green) around the mouth and base of the tentacles and zooxanthellae or symbiodinium (red fluorescence from chlorophyll) in the tissue between polyps. Tentacles also are visible. Fluorescence microscopy. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.
Authors: James Nicholson and the 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
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