Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Yersinia pestis, Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod prokaryote (dividing). A zoonotic microorg

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Yersinia pestis, Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod prokaryote (dividing). A zoonotic microorganism transmitted by the rat flea to humans, it caused the bubonic plague. Magnification: x2,600 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Size: 3302px × 2646px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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