<i>Clostridium difficile</i> (IMAGE)

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

<i>Clostridium difficile</i>

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This digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic image depicts a large grouping of rod-shaped, Clostridium difficile bacteria. These organisms were cultured from a stool sample.

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Janice Carr. (Image provided by CDC/Lois S. Wiggs)

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