Bacterial Lysis Due To T4 Phage Infection #1
by R.bijlenga/dept. Of Microbiology, Biozentrum/ Science Photo Library
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Bacterial Lysis Due To T4 Phage Infection #1
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R.bijlenga/dept. Of Microbiology, Biozentrum/ Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing lysis (destruction) of a rod-shaped bacterium by T4 bacteriophages or phages (viruses that infect bacteria, yellow ovals with stalks). Bacteriophages infect the bacterium, they then use the bacterium's genetic machinery to replicate themselves. When a sufficient number of bacteriophages have been produced, the phages exit the cell by lysis, a process that kills the cell. Magnification: x15, 748 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
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May 9th, 2022
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