Deposition of Biogenic Iron Minerals in a Methane Oxidizing Microbial Mat
Figure 1
Light micrographs of semithin sections after immunofluorescence staining with anti-MCR antibodies (merged fluorescence/phase contrast images). (a) One large, cauliflower-like aggregate (lower right, the whole aggregate marked by three asterisks) surrounded by small globular aggregates (arrows) in an unstained semithin section (phase contrast microscopy). (b) Periphery of a large aggregate. The cell density at the periphery of the aggregate (arrows) is higher than in the central area (asterisks). (c) Small aggregates after fluorescence staining.
