BACTERIA 3 (IMAGE)

Rice University

BACTERIA 3

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A Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria exposed to motorized nanomachines invented at Rice University and the antibiotic meropenem shows signs of damage in a transmission electron microscope image. The yellow arrows show areas of cell wall disruptions, the purple arrow shows where cytoplasm has escaped from the cell, and the red arrow shows cytoplasmic leakage.

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Don Thushara Galbadage/Texas A&M

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