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Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under a magnification of 20,000X, this digitally colorized, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a number of mustard-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, that were in the process of attempting to escape their destruction by blue-colored, human white blood cells (WBCs).
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Content Provider(s): National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Creation Date: 2008
Photo Credit: Frank DeLeo, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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