Chlamydia (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Chlamydia

Caption

Illustration depicting a chlamydia-infected cell. Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (represented by small dark spherical shapes colorized blue) undergo development within a membrane-enclosed "inclusion body." The dark green shape on the right of the cell denotes the nucleus. 

Credit

NIAID

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License

Public Domain

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