Imaging
This issue of Microbiology Today focuses on the variety of ways that humans have been able to view micro-organisms, including some of the cutting edge methods of showing microbes in closer, and higher quality, detail than ever before.
Coloured scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on the surface of small intestine villi. Credit: Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/SPL
CryoSXT of an intact mammalian cell expressing mutant huntingtin. Credit: Michele Darrow
Mesolens image of a Streptomyces coelicolor (M145) mycelium obtained using a high-resolution camera. Credit: Liam Rooney
Bacteria from distinctive, organised structures in human dental plaque. Credit: Jessica Mark Welch/Proc Natl Acad Sci 113, E791-E800.
Bovine tongue epithelium infected with foot-and-mouth disease virus. Credit: The Pirbright Institute