Macrophage and bacteria. Computer artwork of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) phagocytosing (engulfing) a bacterium (red). Macrophages are immun

---

Macrophage and bacteria. Computer artwork of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) phagocytosing (engulfing) a bacterium (red). Macrophages are immune system cells that phagocytose and destroy pathogens, dead cells and cellular debris. After phagocytosis they display fragments of a pathogen's proteins on surface receptors to direct other cells to attack the pathogen.

---

Size: 3462px × 5315px
Photo credit: © TIM VERNON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: artwork, bacteria, bacterial, bacterium, biological, biology, blood, cell, cell-mediated, defence, destroying, engulfing, illustration, immune, immunity, immunological, immunology, macrophage, phagocyte, phagocytosing, phagocytosis, response, system, white