An Artistically Colored Electron-Microscopic Image of a Porphyromonas Gingivalis Cell (image)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

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Most bacterial cells are covered in tiny, hair-like structures called pili. Their diameter is smaller than 1/10,000th of a human hair.

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S. Shibata, OIST

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