Image 2 – Two distinct patterns of attachment to human cells: Filamentous & Coating (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Image 2 – Two distinct patterns of attachment to human cells: Filamentous & Coating

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Infection under the microscope: human cells infected by the bacteria before and after the evolution in the lab. Bacteria are marked in green, and human cells are stained in red. Before: the left image shows only few bacteria remained attached after washing. After: The middle image shows filamentous bacteria: elongated bacterial cells that stick to the human cells. The right image shows the highly efficient "coating" ability: many normal-sized bacteria remain attached to the human cells. The white lines at the bottom represent microscopic scale of 10 micrometer = 1/100 of a millimeter)

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Noam Yedidi, Ilan Rosenshine's lab

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