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  • 903860326877451430374132252159257PublicAssets/7019The beating of cilia on the outside of the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s light organ concentrates <em>Vibrio fischeri</em> cells (green) present in the seawater into aggregates near the pore-containing tissue (red). From there, the bacterial cells (~2 mm) swim to the pores and migrate through a bottleneck into the interior crypts where a population of symbionts grow and remain for the life of the host. This image was taken using confocal fluorescence microscopy. <Br><Br> Related to images <a href="https://images.nigms.nih.gov/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=7016">7016</a>, <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>, 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 beating of cilia on the outside of the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s light organ concentrates Vibrio fischeri cells (green) present in the seawater into aggregates near the pore-containing tissue (red). From there, the bacterial cells (~2 mm) swim to the pores and migrate through a bottleneck into the interior crypts where a population of symbionts grow and remain for the life of the host. This image was taken using confocal fluorescence microscopy.

    Related to images 7016, 7017, 7018, 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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