16874 lores

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Description: English: This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a number of drug-resistant, Neisseria gonorrhoeae diplococcal bacteria. Note that extending from the organisms’ exterior were type IV pili, or hair-like appendages, which in this case, are used to promote motility for these bacteria, and improve surface adherence. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery. Date: 2013. Source: https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=16874. Author: Alissa Eckert - Medical Illustrator.