Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Clostridium botulinum endospores and vegetative cells, Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod prokaryote

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Clostridium botulinum endospores and vegetative cells, Gram-positive, endospore-forming, rod prokaryote. Vegetative and spore stages: note the flagella. Causes food poisoning (botulism), wound infections and infant botulism. Magnification: x1,400 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Size: 3300px × 2590px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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