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Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a clump of yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that were enmeshed in a blue-colored, filamentous extracellular matrix, which normally binds cells together within the body’s various tissue types.
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Content Provider(s): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Creation Date: 2011
Photo Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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