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This 1999 scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image revealed findings, uncovered during Legionella pneumophila research, which investigated the association of Hartmannella vermiformis amoebae, when present alongside L. pneumophila bacteria existing on potable water biofilms. Shown here, were L. pneumophila, as well as other unidentified bacteria.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Janice Haney Carr
Creation Date: 1999
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
Links: Ricardo Murga, Terri S. Forster, Ellen Brown, Janet M. Pruckler, Barry S. Fields and Rodney M. Donlan2001; Role of biofilms in the survival of Legionella pneumophila in a model potable-water system. Microbiology 147:3121-3126
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