B0003412 Clostridium on gut lining – coloured
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Colour-enhanced scanning electon micrograph of
rod-shaped Clostridium difficile clinging to the
microvilli of the human gut. This bacterium is
often responsible for holiday diarrhoea and is of increasing concern as a hospital acquired infection, particularly affecting the elderly.
Scanning electron micrograph
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