Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Bordetella holmesii, Gram-negative, aerobic, coccobacillus prokaryote (dividing). Causes respiratory in

---

Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Bordetella holmesii, Gram-negative, aerobic, coccobacillus prokaryote (dividing). Causes respiratory infections. It is associated with septicaemia, endocarditis and respiratory illness, especially in immunocompromised patients, such as AIDS patients. Magnification: x4,400 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

---

Size: 3302px × 2646px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 97364d, alcaligenaceae, bacilli, bacillus, bacteria, bacterial, bacterium, beta, betaproteobacteria, bordetella, burkholderiales, cocci, coccobacilli, coccobacillus, coccoid, coccus, colored, coloured, disease, diseases, division, electron, endocarditis, false-colored, false-coloured, gram, gram-negative, holmesii, human, illness, illnesses, immunocompromised, infection, infections, micrograph, negative, pathogen, patient, patients, prokaryote, proteobacteria, respiratory, rod, scanning, sem, septicaemia, shaped