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Giemsa-stained blood smear
Photo credit: USGS

Research Summary: Changes in Prevalence of Avian Malaria on the Alaka`i Plateau, Kaua`i: an Early Signal for Global Warming? (Carter T. Atkinson)

Description: Giemsa-stained blood smear from a canary with an experimental infection with Plasmodium relictum. Malarial parasites (arrow) develop within nucleated blood cells of their avian hosts.

	Brightly pigmented bacteria from Afican dust		Chlorella with light microscopy		Chlorella with red indicative of chlorophyll
	Chlorella with yellow indicative of lipids		Closterium		Cyclotella with light microscopy
	Cyclotella with epifluorescence		Giemsa-stained blood smear		Human liver tissue
	Leptothrix ochracea 1000x magnification		Leptothrix ochracea colonies in water
	Microbes isolated from Afican dust aerosols		Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus
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