Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Capnocytophaga sputigena, Gram-positive, rod bacterium (prokaryote). This bacterium can form filaments

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Capnocytophaga sputigena, Gram-positive, rod bacterium (prokaryote). This bacterium can form filaments and exhibit gliding motion. It causes clinical infections including: septicaemia, periodontitis and meningitis. Magnification: x4,400 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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