This 20X view of an enteric valve of patawatermes nigripunctatus, a humivore termite belonging to the Apicotermitinae subfamily, received an Image of Distinction designation in the 2013 Nikon Small World Photomicrophotography Competition, which recognizes excellence in photography with the optical microscope. The confocal image was taken using autofluorescence by Laure Twyffels and Benoît Host of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI) in Gosselies, Belgium.Humivore Termite Valve
This 20X view of an enteric valve of patawatermes nigripunctatus, a humivore termite belonging to the Apicotermitinae subfamily, received an Image of Distinction designation in the 2013 Nikon Small World Photomicrophotography Competition, which recognizes excellence in photography with the optical microscope. The confocal image was taken using autofluorescence by Laure Twyffels and Benoît Host of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI) in Gosselies, Belgium.
