C. diff bacteria contain iron particles (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

C. diff bacteria contain iron particles

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A C. diff bacterium (green) with iron particles in red, shown in a reconstructed electron tomogram from STEM-EDS.

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James McBride/Vanderbilt University

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