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Teal-coloured curved bacteria magnified under an electron microscope

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Campylobacter bacteria under an electron microscope

Curved Campylobacter jejuni bacteria shown in a false-colour scanning electron micrograph. The bacteria are the leading cause of bacterial food-related gastrointestinal illness in the United States.

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De Wood, Pooley, USDA, ARS, EMU.
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bacteria, campylobacter, microbes, electron micrograph

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