Computer artwork of a enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), a dangerous form of the normally harmless E. coli bacteria which live in the human intestine

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Computer artwork of a enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC), a dangerous form of the normally harmless E. coli bacteria which live in the human intestine (blue body with yellow hair-like filaments called pili. The molecular structur of the so-called shiga toxin relasead by the bacteria, is depicted as red ribbons. Shiga toxin can cause life-threatening diarrhoea, intestinal bleeding, kidney failure and disturbances to blood clotting.

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Size: 5000px × 3750px
Photo credit: © ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., artwork, bacteria, bacterial, bacteriology, bacterium, coli, ehec, entero, enterohaemorrhage, enteropathogenic, escherichia, gastroenteritis, haemorrhage, micro-organisms, shiga, toxin