Phototrophic Consortia


SEM micrograph of a phototrophic consortium. Scale bar = 1 µm.
Apparently, the green bacteria of the genus Chlorobium are well organized around the bacterium in the center. The cell division of the phototrophic Chlorobium and the non-phototrophic bacterium take place synchronously.

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