DURING an investigation on the degradation of cotton by Myrothecium verrucaria it was observed that spores produced by cultures of this fungus showed under the microscope an unexpected appendage or ...
The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...
Because natural resources are always limited, the right strategy decides about success in life. This also applies to spore-forming bacteria. Bacillus subtilis can survive unfavorable living conditions ...
Image courtesy of Stephen Douglas Atkinson. Light microscope image of spores of the parasitic cnidarian Henneguya salminicola, from Chinook salmon. Fluorescence micrograph of spores of the parasitic ...