Fig. 1: Cellular volume and external features of selected phytoplankton cells revealed by FIB-SEM imaging. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Cellular volume and external features of selected phytoplankton cells revealed by FIB-SEM imaging.

From: Morphological bases of phytoplankton energy management and physiological responses unveiled by 3D subcellular imaging

Fig. 1: Cellular volume and external features of selected phytoplankton cells revealed by FIB-SEM imaging.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Green branches of the phylogenetic tree of eukaryotes represent photosynthetic lineages (adapted from ref. 91). A 3D scan view of cell morphology of selected phytoplankton members (Mammiellophyceae (Micromonas RCC 827), Prymnesiophyceae (Emiliania RCC 909), Bacillariophyceae (Phaeodactylum Pt1 8.6), Pelagophyceae (Pelagomonas RCC 100), Dinophyceae (Symbiodinium RCC 4014 clade A), Cyanidiophyceae (Galdieria SAG21.92) and Eustigmatophyceae (Nannochloropsis CCMP526) is shown with a linear scale bar of 1 µm and a voxel scale of 1 µm3. Specific cellular features (cell walls, the flagellum in Micromonas, the raphe in Phaeodactylum, the coccosphere in Emiliania) are visible. For every species, three cells were reconstructed and morphometrically analysed. Data represent cell volumes ± s.d. for every species.

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