Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Photocomposite,E.coli on surface of human skin.Escherichia coli is Gram-negative,facultatively anaerobic,enteric,rod prokaryote.This bacterium is normally part of human animal microbiota.Most E.coli strains are harmless,but some strains can cause serious problems such as: food poisoning,urinary tract infections,traveller's diarrhoea nosocomial infections.The E.coli 0157:H7 strain is fatal to humans if contracted when contaminated meat is cooked inadequately.Magnification: bacteria x800; skin x6 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.
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2646 x 3302 px | 22.4 x 28 cm | 8.8 x 11 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
24 November 2016Photographer:
DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY