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Description

Differential interference contrast image of Closterium costatum, a unicellar desmid. Every binary fission creates a cross line on the cell wall. The single cross line seen here indicates that this cell has only undergone its ﬁrst binary fission after developing from a zygote. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®

Technical Details

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Closterium costatum
Cellular Component: cell wall; cell wall striae

Biological Context

Biological Process: cytokinesis by binary fission

Attribution

Names: Wolfgang Bettighofer; 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Link: 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Compe...
OTHER: Kiel, Germany

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL41808
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil41808

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: differential interference contrast microscopy
Parameters Imaged: optical path length gradient
Source of Contrast: boundaries between regions with different refractive index
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions

Sample Preparation

Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	2273px	——
Y	3577px	——