Klebsiella pneumoniae with capsule-enhancing mutations (IMAGE)

German Center for Infection Research

Klebsiella pneumoniae with capsule-enhancing mutations

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Transmission electron micrograph of a cell from an increasingly virulent subpopulation of Klebsiella pneumoniae with capsule-enhancing mutations. The capsule consists of light gray filaments. 

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Christoph Ernst

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