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Two parallel rabbit testicular processes with attached Treponema pallidum. Note the ability of single treponemes to associate by the terminal ends to host cell surfaces and to bridge the two adjacent testicular cells Read More

Photograph of a poster issued by the Chinese government in the late 1970s depicting the spread of hookworm to humans by the use of human feces as fertilizer. A prevention method is also illustrated - wearing shoes. These posters have been in the office of Dickson Despommier since the 1970s. Read More

Basidiobolus haposporus. Adhesive spores forcibly discharged and attached to cover of a petri dish. Lactophenol cotton blue stain Read More

Echinococcus granulosus is a tapeworm parasite that in its larval form can cause hydatid disease, which is characterized by cysts forming within the victim's body. In order to complete its lifecycle, the tapeworm must infect two hosts, a carnivore and a herbivore.

The adult form of Echinococc... Read More

Amazing pathogen. Phytobacteria Ralstonia solanacearum (green cells) inside Potato vascular tissue. Read More

Corynebacterium diphtheriae on Tinsdale agar Read More

Le Cellule, illus. by Peter Wyss published in Le Livre de Sante by Joseph Handler (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1967) from the A Journey Round My Skull blog via Maggie Koerth-Baker at BoingBoing.net Read More

photograph of lesions in swine skin infected with erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Read More

Small park at 7th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC. Histoplasma capsulatum was isolated under trees where starlings roosted Read More

fd virus membranes and various other assemblages. Credit: Dr. Zvonimir Dogic, Dr. Thomas Gibaud, Dr. Edward Barry & Mark Zakhary

2012 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition Image of Distinction

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View an interactive animation of the life cycle of the malaria parasite, of the genus Plasmodium. The lifecycle of the malaria parasite is split between female mosquitoes and humans. In the mosquito gut, the parasites complete sexual reproduction and then multiply rapidly to produce many more p... Read More

This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an untreated water specimen extracted from a wild stream mainly used to control flooding during inclement weather, revealed the presence of unidentified organisms, which included bacteria, protozoa, and algae. In this particular view... Read More

Streptococus pneumoniae in middle ear pus. Gram stain (1200X) Read More

Electron shadowed micrograph of terminal portion of Spirillum serpens Read More

Urea broth. Demonstrates positive, negative, uninoculated tube (1:6) Read More

Mixed hyphae and yeasts - PAS stain Read More

A macrophage (pale brown) interacts with Borrelia cells (blue), the spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Although the outer membrane of Borrelia contains a strong antigen, the OspC protein, the bacterium successfully evades the human immune system by hiding out in places less accessible ... Read More

Epstein-Barr-3 (Lymphoblastoid cell line from Burkitt's lymphona) Cells stained by EBV positive serum Read More

Microsporum gypseum colony on Sabouraud's agar (1:5) Read More

Rabbit ileal loop, inoculated with cholera enterotoxin and control Read More