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Image Title: Confocal optical section of a living chlorenchyma cell of Bienertia cycloptera
Image Credit: Simon D. X. Chuong, Washington State University
AJB Editor: Judy Jernstedt, University of California - Davis
Intended End User: Teacher, Student
License Details: BSA - Terms for Image Use
Copyright held by: Simon D. X. Chuong, BSA
Date Created: 11/1/2005
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Confocal optical section of a living chlorenchyma cell (stained with the nucleic acid stain acridine orange) of Bienertia cycloptera, which possesses a novel mechanism for C4 photosynthesis. Enzymes and organelles are partitioned into two separate compartments within a single chlorenchyma cell. The nucleus (green) is juxtaposed between a large, central cytoplasmic compartment, densely packed with chloroplasts (red autofluorescence), and a peripheral compartment with uniformly distributed chloroplasts. The cover is dedicated to co-author, Vincent Raymond Franceschi (1953-2005), who contributed to the discovery of single-cell C4 photosynthesis.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Differentiation of cellular and biochemical features of the single-cell C4 syndrome during leaf development in Bienertia cycloptera (Chenopodiaceae)

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