ARS_Campylobacter_jejuni.jpg
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Summary
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English:
Campylobacter bacteria are the number-one cause of bacterial food-related gastrointestinal illness in the United States. To learn more about this pathogen, ARS scientists are sequencing multiple Campylobacter genomes. This scanning electron microscope image shows the characteristic spiral, or corkscrew, shape of
C. jejuni
cells and related structures.
Photo by De Wood; digital colorization by Chris Pooley.
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| Date | 1/2/2008 |
| Source | Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency. |
| Author | De Wood, Pooley, USDA, ARS, EMU. |
| Annotations | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
Licensing
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This image is in the
public domain
because it contains materials that originally came from the
Agricultural Research Service
, the research agency of the
United States Department of Agriculture
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