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  • 1771122165157608846107083444230518077PublicAssets/7016The light organ (~0.5 mm across) of a juvenile Hawaiian bobtail squid, <em>Euprymna scolopes</em>, stained blue. The two pairs of ciliated appendages, or “arms,” on the sides of the organ move <em>Vibrio fischeri</em> bacterial cells closer to the two sets of three pores at the base of the arms that each lead to an interior crypt. This image was taken using a confocal fluorescence microscope. <Br><Br> Related to images <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=7017">7017</a>, <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=7018">7018</a>, <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=7019">7019</a>, and <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=7020">7020</a>. Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Carnegie Institution for Science/California Institute of Technology, and Edward G. Ruby, California Institute of Technology.The labs of Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Carnegie Institution for Science/California Institute of Technology, and Edward G. Ruby, California Institute of Technology.Photograph

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    The light organ (~0.5 mm across) of a juvenile Hawaiian bobtail squid, Euprymna scolopes, stained blue. The two pairs of ciliated appendages, or “arms,” on the sides of the organ move Vibrio fischeri bacterial cells closer to the two sets of three pores at the base of the arms that each lead to an interior crypt. This image was taken using a confocal fluorescence microscope.

    Related to images 7017, 7018, 7019, and 7020.

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    Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Carnegie Institution for Science/California Institute of Technology, and Edward G. Ruby, California Institute of Technology.

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    The labs of Margaret J. McFall-Ngai, Carnegie Institution for Science/California Institute of Technology, and Edward G. Ruby, California Institute of Technology.

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