Cheese fungus, head lice, human sperm, a bee eye, a microplastic bobble: scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner has imaged them all under the probing lens of a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Cells of the wood-eating fungus, Coniochaeta pulveracea, exhibit both yeast- and fungus-like type characteristics while breaking down twigs from an Acacia tree. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are ...