File:Staphylococcus aureus, 50,000x, USDA, ARS, EMU.jpg

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Description

Bacterial cells of Staphylococcus aureus, which is one of the causal agents of mastitis in dairy cows. Its large capsule protects the organism from attack by the cow's immunological defenses. This image was taken at 50,000X magnification on a Transmission Electron Microscope of a heavy-metal coated replica of a freeze dried sample, (TEM) Plate #.9514. Sourced from Plate #.9513's information.

Date

22 July 2006

Source

Original source (dead link), a U. S. Department of Agriculture server. The image was published in NSF's newsletter. It was also published in: Davenport, R. John (2007-10-09). A shifting threat (PDF). Infection Research. Hemholtz and Stifterverband. Retrieved on 2009-03-31.

Author

Eric Erbe, Christopher Pooley

Permission
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This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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Staphylococcus aureus

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Image title	Staphaureus plate # 9514 origional mag 21.0 k x
Copyright holder	usda ars emu
Width	4,000 px
Height	5,067 px
Compression scheme	Uncompressed
Pixel composition	RGB
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	400 dpi
Vertical resolution	400 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time	15:04, 22 July 2006
Colour space	Uncalibrated

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