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Microbiome Gallery

Explore the visual gallery of microbiome research, from gut bacteria and antibiotics to cellular imaging and gene discovery

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Yersinia enterocolitica Bacteria

This scanning electron microscope image shows Yersinia enterocolitica, a bacteria causing the disease yersiniosis, which is an animal-borne disease occurring in humans.

azithromycin

An antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections.

Salmonella Typhimurium

Salmonella Typhimurium Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella Typhimurium invading a human epithelial cell.

Antibiotic Combinations

azithromycin on the left and Cefepime on the right, two commonly used antibiotics.

Combopack

A blister pack containing a pre-sorted regimen of different capsules, illustrating a combination therapy kit designed to simplify patient adherence to a multi-drug antibiotic treatment plan.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Bacteria

This scanning electron microscope image shows Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection.

T lymphocyte

A type of white blood cell that plays a central role in cell-mediated immunity.

Human colorectal cancer cells

Human colorectal cancer cells treated with a topoisomerase inhibitor and an inhibitor of the protein kinase ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3 related), a drug combination under study as a cancer therapy.

Metastatic Melanoma Cells

Metastatic Melanoma Cells. The ability of cancer cells to move and spread depends on actin-rich core structures such as the podosomes (yellow) shown here in melanoma cells.

Molecular Genetics

This 3D rendering illustrates the intricate double-helix structure of DNA strands, highlighting the fundamental molecular basis of genetic information.

Novel Coronavirus sars-cov-2

This scanning electron microscope image shows sars-cov-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S.

Mouse cDNA

A mouse cDNA microarray containing approximately 8,700 gene sequences (derived from the Incyte GEM1 clone set). The microarray reflects the gene expression differences.

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria, which are commonly found in the intestines of humans and animals.

Bacterial colonies

Bacterial colonies, which are groups of bacteria that grow on solid media. The picture shows bacterial colonies grown on an agar plate in combination with iron powder.

mers-cov

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this highly magnified, digitally colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image highlights the particle envelope of a single, spherical shaped, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (mers-cov) virion, through the process of immunolabeling, the envelope proteins, using rabbit HCoV-EMC/2012 primary antibody, and goat anti-rabbit 10nm gold particles.

mers-cov

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this highly magnified, digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, revealed ultrastructural details at the site of interaction of numerous yellow colored, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (mers-cov) viral particles, located on the surface of a Vero E6 cell, which had been colorized blue.

Campylobacter sp.

Campylobacter sp. - bacteria causing campylobacteriosis, a diarrhoeal disease in humans.

Bacteria Colonies

Bacteria Colonies On Petri Dishes.

mrsa

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) bacteria.

Streptococcus agalactiae

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) bacteria.

DNA fingerprinting

This photograph depicted an Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch (EDLB) public health scientist, preparing foodborne bacteria for a DNA fingerprinting test.

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacteria

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacteria, the Cause of TB Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis particles (colorized pink), the bacterium which causes TB.

Nipah Virus Particles

Nipah Virus Particles, the Cause of Nipah Virus Infection Scanning electron micrograph of Nipah virus particles (colorized pink), the virus which causes Nipah virus infection.

amoxicillin

amoxicillin, a Common Antibiotic Used to Treat Bacterial Infections.

Cells

Cells, the Basic Building Blocks of All Living Organisms.

Acute Myelocytic Leukaemia

Acute myelocytic leukaemia (AML) cells. AML is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow characterized by an excess of immature white blood cells.

Blood Cells

Blood cells are the cells that circulate in the blood, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

Kras-Driven Lung Cancer

Kras-driven lung cancer is a type of lung cancer characterized by mutations in the KRAS gene, which plays a role in cell signaling pathways that control cell growth and division.

Human Breast Cancer Cells

Human breast cancer cells are cancerous cells that originate in the breast tissue and are characterized by uncontrolled growth and division.

immunotherapy

This scanning electron microscope image shows dendritic cells, pseudo-colored in green, interacting with T cells, pseudo-colored in pink. The dendritic cells internalize the particles, process the antigens, and present peptides to T cells to direct immune responses.

Cervical Cancer

Cells from cervical cancer.

Pancreatic Cancer

Cells from pancreatic cancer.

Cells

Immune cells migrating through the bloodstream to a site of inflammation.

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Virus Scanning electron

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) Virus Scanning electron micrograph of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) viral particles (yellow) budding from the surface of cultured epithelial cells from a patient. Credit: NIAID https://www.flickr.com...

HIV-1 Virus Particles Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles

HIV-1 Virus Particles Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (colorized red/yellow) replicating from an HIV-infected H9 T-cell (blue). Budding virus particles that have not yet separated from the cell appear as semi-circles. A s...

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) Bacteria

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) Bacteria Colorized scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) bacteria purified from a cell culture laboratory sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrate...

Radicle or Embryonic Root in Zea Mays Embryo cross section

Radicle or Embryonic Root in Zea Mays Embryo cross section: Zea may embryo common name: corn grain magnification: 40x Triarch quadruple stain https://www.flickr.com/photos/146824358@N03/47636870242/

Mpox Virus Transmission

electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (gold and orange) found within an infected cell (purple), colorized in Halloween-appropriate colors. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Have a safe ...

Marburg Virus Particles Colorized scanning

Marburg Virus Particles Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Marburg virus particles (red) both budding and attached to the surface of an infected VERO E6 cell (blue). Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, ...

An artist's illustration of artificial intelligence (AI)

An artist's illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). This image explores how AI can be used advance biology and protein folding. It was created by Twistedpoly as part of the Visualising AI project launched by Google DeepMind.

Novel Coronavirus sars-cov-2 (Omicron) Colorized

scanning electron micrograph of a cell infected with the Omicron strain of sars-cov-2 virus particles (orange), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID...

Salmonella Typhimurium Scanning

Salmonella Typhimurium Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella Typhimurium invading a human epithelial cell. Credit: NIAID https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/51316924335/

Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteria Colorized

Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteria Colorized scanning electron micrograph showing carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow) interacting with a human neutrophil. Image captured at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana...

SEM of Group A Streptococcus

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts four, yellow colored, Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria, which wer...

Clostridioides difficile bacteria

Medical illustration of Clostridioides difficile bacteria, formerly known as Clostridium difficile. Medical Illustrator: Jennifer Oosthuizen

Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria

Drug-resistant, Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, the pathogen responsible for causing the disease tuberculosis (TB). A 3D computer-generated image.

SEM of white blood cell

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, depicts a blue-colored, human white blood cell, (WBC) known specifically as a neutrophil, interactin...

first U.S. case of COVID-19

Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots.

TEM image of Avian Influenza A H5N1 viruses

This 1997 image depicts a digitally-colorized transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image of Avian Influenza A H5N1 viruses (seen in gold), grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells (seen in green) .

Disease Control and Prevention

This image depicted a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist, who was punching holes in a card containing the genes of an inactivated virus . The scientist was using a disposable biopsy punch, expelling the punches into a buffe...

CDC scientist was shown working with stool samples

This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist was shown working with stool samples, which had been mixed with chemicals, and was placing the chemical mixtures into a centrifuge, which when spun up to a high rate of speed, would s...

CDC scientist was shown adding a stool sample to the cell culture medium

To mix the stool and the chemicals together, this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist was shown adding a stool sample to the cell culture medium, along with glass beads, which will suspending the stool in the solution. Then ...

3D computer-generated image of a cluster of barrel-shaped, Clostridium perfringens bacteria

This illustration depicts a three-dimensional (3D), computer-generated image of a cluster of barrel-shaped, Clostridium perfringens bacteria. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery. See PHIL 21914, for a...

3D graphical representation of a number of Rotavirus virions

This illustration provided a 3D graphical representation of a number of Rotavirus virions, set against a black background. Note the organism's characteristic, wheel-like appearance, which was made visible when viewed under the electron microscope....

CDC susceptibility test to the antifungal drug, amphotericin B

Captured during the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) multistate meningitis outbreak investigation, this plate revealed the results of a susceptibility test to the antifungal drug, amphotericin B. The drug inhibited growth of the ...

Rabies Virus Colorized

Rabies Virus Colorized transmission electron micrograph of rabies virus particles (orange). Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/53289652877/

Influenza A Virus (SW31) Colorized

Influenza A Virus (SW31) Colorized transmission electron micrograph of influenza A/SW31 (swine strain) virus particles (orange) budding from the surface of a MDCK (kidney) cell. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detr...

Rickettsia typhi Bacteria Scanning

Rickettsia typhi Bacteria Scanning electron micrograph of Rickettsia typhi bacteria. Image captured at NIAID's Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton, Montana. Credit: NIAID https://www.flickr.com/photos/niaid/53316884024/

HIV-1 Virus Particles Transmission

HIV-1 Virus Particles Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles (purple) from infected H9 cells, produced in cell culture. The particles exhibit two stages of replication: the two "arcs" are immature particles budding from the plas...

CDC scientist demonstrating how to wear personal protective equipment

This 2008 photograph depicted a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist demonstrating how one is to properly wear personal protective equipment (PPE) in appropriate laboratory settings. This PPE outfit included the Tyvek® suit, ...

Administering the H1N1 live attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV) to an Indian female recipient.

This 2009 image depicts a healthcare practitioner as he was administering the H1N1 live attenuated intranasal vaccine (LAIV) to an Indian female recipient. Using a small syringe, he was delivering the vaccine mist into the woman's right nostril. P...