Confocal micrograph of chloroplasts

  • Fernan Federici & Jim Haseloff
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Confocal micrograph of chloroplasts. Fernan Federici & Jim Haseloff. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Confocal microscopy of auto-fluorescent Chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in almost all plants, algae and cyanbacteria. Chlorophyll has an essential role during photosynthesis, where plants produce energy from light. Chlorophyll is stored in a small compartments (organelles) within plant cells, known as chloroplasts. This image was produced using a Leica SP5 confocal microscope. Objectives: 40x oil immersion.

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