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Image of Legionella

Image of Legionella

Description:

Under a moderately-high magnification of 5000X, this colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicted a large grouping of Gram-negative Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Please see PHIL 11092 through 11154 for additional SEMs of these organisms, specifically PHIL 11147 for a black and white version of this image. Of particular importance, is the presence of polar flagella, and pili, or long streamers, which due to their fragile nature, in some of these views seem to be dissociated from any of the bacteria.
Created: 2009

Source Information

license
cc-publicdomain
photographer
Janice Haney Carr
provider
Public Health Image Library