Stagnant water bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a bacterium from stagnant water. Numerous pili (hair like structures) extend

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Stagnant water bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a bacterium from stagnant water. Numerous pili (hair like structures) extend from the bacterium. Pili are most often involved in adherence of bacteria to surfaces, substrates and other cells or tissues in nature. Magnification: x25000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Keywords: bacteria, bacterial, bacterium, biological, biology, coloured, electron, false-coloured, leaf, micro, microbiological, microbiology, micrograph, microscope, organism, pili, scanning, sem, stagnant, water