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  • What are rectal microbicides? / International Rectal Microbe Advocates.
  • What are rectal microbicides? / International Rectal Microbe Advocates.
  • Reginald McKenna as British Home Secretary asking Æsculapius for help with the microbe "Militancy"; referring to political militancy. Wood engraving.
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • A doctor visiting a patient with a variety of microbes to improve the patient's health. Wood engraving after A. Rackham, 1905.
  • Fractal patterns in a Bacillus subtilis biofilm, LM
  • Fractal patterns in a Bacillus subtilis biofilm, LM
  • Fractal patterns in a Bacillus subtilis biofilm, LM
  • Fractal patterns in a Bacillus subtilis biofilm, LM
  • Fungal infection after corneal graft
  • Colonies of E. coli bacteria, LM
  • Salmonella Typhimurium infection of a human epithelial cell
  • Salmonella detection by human epithelial type-2 cell
  • A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.
  • Group A Streptococci are a species of gram-positive bacteria responsible for causing a number of pyogenic (pus-producing) infections including impetigo, scarlet fever and pneumonia. Further fatal complications arising from infection include the development of meningitis and sepsis.
  • Group A Streptococci are a species of gram-positive bacteria responsible for causing a number of pyogenic (pus-producing) infections including impetigo, scarlet fever and pneumonia. Further fatal complications arising from infection include the development of meningitis and sepsis.
  • Group A Streptococci are a species of gram-positive bacteria responsible for causing a number of pyogenic (pus-producing) infections including impetigo, scarlet fever and pneumonia. Further fatal complications arising from infection include the development of meningitis and sepsis.
  • Group A Streptococci are a species of gram-positive bacteria responsible for causing a number of pyogenic (pus-producing) infections including impetigo, scarlet fever and pneumonia. Further fatal complications arising from infection include the development of meningitis and sepsis.
  • Cow foregut showing multiple warty growths (papillomas). These have grown from the gut lining, which is formed of squamous epithelium (consisting of flat, thin cells). These benign (non-cancerous) tumours can be caused by papillomavirus infection.
  • Cross section through mycoplasma mycoides cell, illustration
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment
  • Bacterial microbiome mapping, bioartistic experiment