RootNodule#80937 33kX Transmission electron microscope image of a cross section though a soybean(Glycine max.Essex) root nodule. The bacteria, Bradyrhyzobium japonicum, infects the roots and establishes a nitrogen fixing symbiosis. This high magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteriods within their symbiosomes. In his image, you can also see endoplasmic reticulum, dictysome and cell wall. For more information, see the articles:"Bacterium release into host cells of nitrogen-fixing soybean nodules", Roth, E. and G. Stacey, E.J.C.B. Vol. 49 pp.13-23 1989. and "Phenotypic charaterization of the nolA gene of Bradyrhyzobium japonicum", Garcia, M. etal, MPMI Vol.9 #7 pp.625-635 1996. JEOL TEM 100CX Botanical, TEM, root nodule, bacteria, Rhizobia, endoplasmic reticulum, dictysomes Louisa Howard