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Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.

Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures.
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02/07/2012
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, vol. 49, no. 2, page 17:
WHOI technician Kristen Rathjen grows cultures of marine microbes in a pale beige nutrient broth for a week. The broth takes on the colors of natural pigments of the microbes. The strain of microbe in the green fluid was photosynthetic.
Oceanus online caption:
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks in which microscopic marine organisms have been growing for a week. Each flask contains one strain of microbe in a nutrient broth. The broth, which started out pale beige, now appears colored due to the natural pigments of the microbes.
Image of the Day caption:
Technician Kristen Rathjen displays flasks of microbial cultures that are part of a project in Tracy Mincer's lab to generate potential treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF). As they grow, marine microbes produce a wide variety of compounds they use to ward off predators, communicate with each other, and perform other important functions. Some of the compounds may be able to alleviate the symptoms of CF, which causes cells to produce thick, sticky mucus and results in debilitating symptoms and, in most cases, premature death. Mincer recently started the project with funding from the Flatley Discovery Lab of Charlestown, Mass.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
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