SEM of bacteria on syringe needle

This image is part of the feature Bacteria On A Syringe

Credit: DR TONY BRAIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of rod shaped bacteria (orange) clustered on the point of a syringe needle used to administer injections. At this magnification the tip of the needle is seen to be bent with a clump of bacteria growing in the curve. This is the fourth in a series of pictures at regularly increasing magnifications. Magnification: x560 at 35mm size.

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Keywords: bacteria, bacteria point, bacterial, bacteriology, bacterium, contaminated, contamination, hypodermic needle, medical equipment, micro-organisms, microbe, microbes, microbiology, scanning electron micrograph, sem, syringe

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