Image of the Day: Dazzling Decay
This time-lapse micrograph shows marine bacteria (blue) feeding on a decaying ocean diatom (silver, 0.1 mm long).
MIT ENVIRONMENTAL FLUIDICS LABORATORY; STEVEN SMRIGA, VICENTE FERNANDEZ, AND ROMAN STOCKER (COURTESY OF KOCH INSTITUTE IMAGE AWARDS AT MIT)
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