Michaelsarsia elegans SEM (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Michaelsarsia elegans SEM

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A scanning electron micoscrope image of Michaelsarsia elegans, a type of coccolithophore sampled from 95m deep in the Sargasso Sea. This type of coccolithophore, the researchers believe, is an example of a mixotroph that has evolved specific adaptations to acquire carbon in different ways.

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Colin Fischer, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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