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Under a high magnification of 21228X, this 2006 scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted some of the ultrastructural details seen in the cell wall configuration of a number of Gram-positive, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria. As an obligate aerobic organism, M. tuberculosis can only survive in an environment containing oxygen. This bacterium ranges in length between 2.0 – 4.0 µm, and a width between 0.2 - 0.5 µm.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Ray Butler, MS; Janice Haney Carr
Creation Date: 2006
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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