Simple stain- single human cheek cell with bacteria covering its
surface (approx. X 100). Taken from the Wistreich Collection,
appearing exclusively in MicrobeWorld. Read More Photo of Hut
Cave taken by mountaineer Nick Giguere during the 2008
expedition Exploring the Rock Bottom of the Food Chain in
McMurdo's Extreme Environments led by Dr. Laurie Connell and Dr.
Hubert Staudigel. For more pictures go to their website:
http://earthref.org/ERESE/projects/GOLF439/... Read More An
electron photomicrograph of two spiral-shaped Treponema pallidum
bacteria. Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by
an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the
causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest
prokaryotic genomes consisting of abo... Read More A press
release via EurekAlert issued by Howard Hughes Medical
Institute: Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are
reporting the first detailed molecular snapshots of a deadly
gastrointestinal virus as it is caught in the grasp o