Helium ion microscope images of coronaviruses (IMAGE)

Bielefeld University

Helium ion microscope images of coronaviruses

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A kidney cell infected with SARS-CoV-2 under the helium ion microscope (sectional magnification from left to right, a single virus is about 100 nanometres in size): the images indicate that some coronaviruses only lie loosely on the cell as they exit, while other viruses are bound to the cell.

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Photo: Bielefeld University/N. Frese

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