Glass structure of 3D vasculature from plants (IMAGE)

Kyushu University

Glass structure of 3D vasculature from plants

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Glass structure of vasculature built from rye plant (left), and koji Aspergillus oryzae (right). Plants and hyphae-like cavities are formed inside the transparent glass chip. The root hair-like channels (left) are about 10 μm thick, and the hypha channels (right) are about 2 μm thick.

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Kyushu University/Tsumori Lab

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