Fig. 3: Morphometric analysis of phytoplankton members. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Morphometric analysis of phytoplankton members.

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

Fig. 3: Morphometric analysis of phytoplankton members.

a 3D topology of the main organelles (green: plastids; red: mitochondria; blue: nuclei) in the different cell types. b Volume relationships in different subcellular compartments, as derived from quantitative analysis of microalgal 3D models. c Surface relationships in different subcellular compartments, as derived from quantitative analysis of microalgal 3D models. Three cells were considered for every taxum. Stars: Emiliania; squares: Galdieria; hexagons: Micromonas; circles: Pelagomonas; triangles: Phaeodactylum; suns: Nannochloropsis. Symbiodinium cells were not considered in this analysis, because their size, which largely exceeds the other (Supplementary Fig. 3), prevents a meaningful analysis of the volume/surface relationships.

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