File:Escherichia coli O157-H7 CDC ID-10071.tif

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English: Under a high magnification of 10961x, this colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicted a number of Gram-negative Escherichia coli bacteria of the strain O157:H7. E. coli O157:H7 is one of hundreds of strains of this bacterium. Although most strains are harmless, and live in the intestines of healthy humans and animals, this strain produces a powerful toxin, which can cause severe illness.
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Source You have to search the CDC Public Health Image Library at https://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp [https://phil.cdc.gov/PHIL_Images/10071/10071_lores.jpg This is the jpg on the results page for ID #10071
Author CDC/Janice Haney Carr
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Image extraction process This image has an extracted file: Scanning electron micrograph of an E. coli colony.jpg.
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