Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Streptomyces sp., Gram-positive, filamentous or irregular-shaped prokaryote; used in the production of

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Streptomyces sp., Gram-positive, filamentous or irregular-shaped prokaryote; used in the production of the antibiotic streptomycin. Streptomyces sp. produce over two thirds of the clinically useful antibiotics. Causes madura foot and mycetoma. Magnification: x690 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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