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Campylobacter bacteria

submitted by agwartney on August 15, 2011
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Tags: C. jejuni , campylobacter , gastrointestinal illness
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Author(s): De Wood, USDA
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Campylobacter bacteria are the number-one cause of food-related gastrointestinal illness in the United States. To learn more about this pathogen, ARS scientists are sequencing multiple Campylobacter genomes. This scanning electron microscope image shows the characteristic spiral, or corkscrew, shape of C. jejuni cells and related structures.

Photo by De Wood; digital colorization by Chris Pooley.

 
 

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  1. avatar Akin Olagoke Ogunleye makes this comment

    Thu Sep 1 21:58:57 2011

    Campylobacter jejuni is one of the most popular and notorious pathogens causing food borne diseases not only in the United States but also in other countries across the world. This scanning electron microscope image is showing a very good structure of the microbe.

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