Image 3 – "hairy" bacteria (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Image 3 – "hairy" bacteria

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The structures used by the bacteria to attach to the human cells: the left image shows regular-shaped bacteria with many hair-like structures (green) projecting from their surface. The right image shows these structures can cover the entire length of the filamentous bacteria. The white lines at the bottom represent microscopic scale of 2 micrometer = 1/500 of a millimeter)

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Noam Yedidi, Ilan Rosenshine's lab

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