Coloured scanning electron micrograph of rod- shaped bacteria on the point of a household pin. At this magnification, the bacteria are too small to be

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph of rod- shaped bacteria on the point of a household pin. At this magnification, the bacteria are too small to be visible. This is the first in a series of 5 pictures at regularly increasing magnifications. Magnification x7 at 35mm size. x50 at 10x8ins Microcosmos

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Size: 2362px × 3627px
Photo credit: © DR.TONY BRAIN & DAVID PARKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bacteria, bacterial, bacteriology, bacterium, contaminated, contamination, micro-organisms, microbe, microbes, microbiology, pin, sem