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Tuesday, August 07, 2018
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Matt D.
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Connecticut
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Sample #1 Under the Microscope
After bringing samples to the lab and looking at one of the sections in question under the microscope this is what was found…
The red arrow is pointing to a main site of bacterial streaming and the red outlines indicate the area where the bacteria that are being released are flowing. The area outside of the red outline has noticeably less “particulate” and that “particulate” is bacteria. The pointed cone structures you see floating are the pumpkin leaf tricomes that have detached. These tricomes are what gives the leaves that fuzzy texture.
The Ground Ivy ‘Creeping Charlie’ (Glechoma hederacea) was not the focus of this investigation but it was observed and there was noticeable bacterial streaming coming from the vascular tissue. A positive ID could not be made for this, but it seems there is a strong likelihood that there is also a bacterial infection taking place in this sample as well.
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