A confocal micrograph showing Bacillus subtilis, a Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in soil. Distinct lineages of bacteria expressing different fluorescent proteins were init...

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 ...

Confocal micrograph showing the tissue structures within the leaf of an Arabidopsis thaliana seedling. The sample was fixed and stained with propidium iodide, which labels DNA, and imaged four years l...

Confocal micrograph showing the expression of different fluorescent proteins in the stem of a thale cress seedling (Arabidopsis thaliana) used to study in vivo gene expression. Arabidopsis was the fir...

This confocal micrograph shows wheat stigma hairs (blue) infected with ergot fungus (shown in light pink). The stigma hairs are part of the female reproductive organs of the plant. When a pollen grain...