Structures of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (IMAGE)

Osaka City University

Structures of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a human pathogen (left side) and its "Nap" complex responsible for binding, motility and antigenicity (rightmost) are presented. The structures were output by three dimensional printers and photographed by a single focused camera.

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Yuhei O Tahara, Osaka City University

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