MicrobeWorld

Klebsiella pneumoniae. Maneval's capsule stain. Note clear area (capsule) surrounding pink stained organisms (1200X) Read More

Neisseria meningitidis. Differential sugar reactions. (1-8) Read More

Wired magazine has put together an 8-part image gallery that matches the extremophile microbe with it's environment.

"Once upon a time, scientists routinely found life in places where it wasn’t supposed to exist. That doesn’t happen anymore, and not because the pace of discovery has s... Read More

Gram negative diplococci in blood smear of patient taken 2 hours after dental cleaning Read More

Neisseria meningitidis in sputum. Gram stain (1000X) Read More

Neisseria meningitidis. Differential sugar reactions. (1-8) Read More

A press release via EurekAlert issued by Howard Hughes Medical Institute:

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are reporting the first detailed molecular snapshots of a deadly gastrointestinal virus as it is caught in the grasp of an immune system molecule with the capacity to destroy ... Read More

This is an interesting image I found on Flickr. The shiny yellowish/green stuff is e.coli. It is growing on media and from a urine culture. Read More

Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Macrophotograph of 16mm petri dish containing microcolonies characteristics of broth-grown Mycoplasma pneumoniae Read More

Mycoplasma fermentans. Photomicrograph, stained. Note colonial morphology after 14 days growth on agar (400x) Read More

The Scientific American offers up a wonderful slide show of the world's seven deadliest mushrooms. My personal favorite in this collection is the European destroying angel. Click source to view Read More

mycoplasma arthritidis. Light micrograph. Crystal violet methylene blue strain. Note colonial morphology and classic 'fired-egg' appearance of isolated colony after approximately 10 days worth of growth on agar Read More

Mycobacterium Xenopi. One Colony of each of three different strains Read More

Nature has just published a news special on microscopes and microscopy. Most of the associated articles are pay-per-view but the slideshow of images is free to check out. Click the source link above. Read More

Acid fast colony (triple stain) in blood culture of a patient with untreated pulminary tuberculosis Read More

Specific F.A. staining of pleomorphic organisms in sputum of patient with tuberculosis Read More

fluorescent antibody staining of wall deficient mycobacterium tuberculosis var. hominis Read More

Mycobacterium buberculosis. young colony on a brain heart infusion. typical virulent strain Read More

mycobacterium smegmatis, rough surface on penassay agar Read More

Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Young colony on brain heart infusion. A virulent strain Read More