Bacteria on Proboscis (IMAGE)

Oregon State University

Bacteria on Proboscis

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The arrow points at bacteria on the proboscis of this flea preserved in amber, which researchers believe may be an ancestral strain of the bacteria that causes bubonic plague.

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(Photo by George Poinar, Jr., courtesy of Oregon State University)

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