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A new study suggests that Legionella (red) oscillates between the endoplasmic reticulum (green), and bubble- or tube-shaped structures (blue) to help create or sustain a structure that houses this bacterium during infection. Credit: Ting-sung Hsieh

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UT Southwestern Medical Center

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