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Bacteria Being Engulfed by Immune Cells

Caption: The insect immune cells known as hemocytes (green) rapidly engulf the bacteria following infection and this can be studied in real-time using timelapse microscopy.

Credit: Isabella Vlisidou, University of Bath

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