Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of E. coli (Escherichia coli), dividing, haemorrhagic 0157:H7 strain. Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative, facultat

---

Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of E. coli (Escherichia coli), dividing, haemorrhagic 0157:H7 strain. Escherichia coli is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, enteric, rod prokaryote. This bacterium was isolated from the human intestine and is normally a part of the human and animal microbiota. Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some strains can cause serious problems such as: food poisoning, urinary tract infections, traveller's diarrhoea and nosocomial infections. The E. coli 0157:H7 strain is fatal to humans if contracted when contaminated meat is cooked inadequately. Magnification: x2,780 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

---

Size: 3550px × 2773px
Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, .coli, 0157, bacilli, bacillus, bacteria, bacterial, bacterium, black, contaminated, e96534d, electron, enterobacteriaceae, enterobacteriales, false-colored, food, gamma, gammaproteobacteria, h7, human, meat, micrograph, microorganism, monochrome, pathogen, poisoning, proteobacteria, scanning, sem, white, zoonosis, zoonotic