The earthworm in a new light.
By combining novel imaging techniques, a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology has imaged the exciting variety of chemical interactions that take place inside the earthworm. Their chemo-histo-tomography method combines chemical imaging of the metabolites using mass spectrometry with micro-computed X-ray tomography of the microanatomy of the animal.
The work has recently been published in PNAS: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023773118
#sciencenews #microscopy #biology #microbiology
By combining novel imaging techniques, a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology has imaged the exciting variety of chemical interactions that take place inside the earthworm. Their chemo-histo-tomography method combines chemical imaging of the metabolites using mass spectrometry with micro-computed X-ray tomography of the microanatomy of the animal.
The work has recently been published in PNAS: http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023773118
#sciencenews #microscopy #biology #microbiology
PNAS
Connecting structure and function from organisms to molecules in small-animal symbioses through chemo-histo-tomography
Metabolites mediate the establishment and persistence of most interkingdom symbioses. Still, to pinpoint the metabolites each partner displays upon interaction remains the biggest challenge in studying multiorganismal assemblages. Addressing this challenge…