Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow

Credit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen/Mertcan Esti

The rhizobial nitrogen fixing symbionts (fluorescently-labeled in orange and green using genetic probes) residing inside diatoms collected from the tropical North Atlantic. The nucleus of the diatom is shown in bright blue

« Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow

Credit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen/Wiebke Mohr

Meet-and-greet at sea. The two research vessels involved in the study (R/V Meteor and R/V Maria S. Merian) met a couple of times during the expedition

« Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow

Credit: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen/Mertcan Esti

A group of diatoms with their fluorescently-labeled symbionts

« Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow

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