Figure 5: Example of Alcian Blue-stained TEP matrix that holds larger particles together (a), and a particle lying across a 30-μm pore of a membrane filter as observed under the epifluorescence microscope (b). | Scientific Reports

Figure 5: Example of Alcian Blue-stained TEP matrix that holds larger particles together (a), and a particle lying across a 30-μm pore of a membrane filter as observed under the epifluorescence microscope (b).

From: Dragon kings of the deep sea: marine particles deviate markedly from the common number-size spectrum

Figure 5

The transparent exopolymer matrix is heavily colonized by prokaryotes (blue) visualized with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). The transparent matrix is too thick to show all prokaryotes in focus simultaneously.

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