New Cover

I am happy to announce that a new colorization that I recently completed has been selected as a cover for  Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  The image illustrates the subject of an accepted paper on the freshwater biofilm written by Sophia I. Passy, PhD and her co-writer, Chad A. Larson. "The rates of species accumulation and taxonomic diversification during phototrophic biofilm development are co-controlled by nutrient supply and current velocity."  

The scanning electron micrograph of the diatom Achnanthidium sp. from Blue Cypress Lake, FL, was provided by Dr. Paul Hargraves.

Different Perspective

diatom genus Skeletonema ~ 'Blue with Pink Ribbon' © PEH/FD

I recently was asked to colorize some new images for a scientist out west, and in the process, I recolored the original Skeltonema image into this new one.  I am surprised that I never thought of this colorization scheme, but am impressed with the detail that I was able to obtain with this new color pallet.