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Description

This confocal micrograph shows wheat stigma (green) infected with Claviceps fungus (yellow). The image was captured with a confocal microscope using a 40X objective. A related image is available as CIL 38806. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Technical Details

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Claviceps; Triticum aestivum
Cell Type: fungal cell
Cellular Component: hyphae; stigma hairs; sclerotium

Biological Context

Biological Process
Human Disease: ergotism

Attribution

Names: Fernan Federici; Anna Gordon; 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Link: 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Compet...
OTHER: Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge and The Bingham Laboratory, NIAB Cambridge, United Kingdom

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL41566
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil41566

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: confocal microscopy
Parameters Imaged: fluorescence emission

Sample Preparation

Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	592px	——
Y	576px	——