Bacteroides Species (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Bacteroides Species

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Many Bacteroides species (a mixture of five shown in this color-enhanced micrograph) reside in the human gut and secrete toxins that bacteria must neutralize to survive.

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Kevin Cutler/Mougous Lab/UW/HHMI

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