Electron Micrograph Collection

Dermatophagoides sp. dust mite
Scanning electron microscope image of a dust mite. Dust mites are secondary to pollen as a cause for allergies and they live in bedding, soft furniture and carpets

Crysotile asbestos
Scanning electron micrograph of 5-Fold symmetry in crysotile asbestos. Magnification on the 5 x4 transparency = X 600, 000

Liver
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a section through a liver (x 7000), an organ that has over 500 functions in the human body (x 800)

Taraxacum officinale, dandelion (fruiting head)
Scanning electron microscope image showing a vertical section through an unripe fruiting head of a dandelion in the yellow flower stage. Colour added artificially by computer

Cimex lectularius, bed bug
Scanning electron microscope image of a bed bug (x 17). The sucking mouthparts enable the feeding bedbugs to pierce the hosts tissues and siphon out a blood meal

Plant cell
False-colour transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a cell in the root tip of a maize plant, Zea mays. Plant cells are distinct from animal cells in having an additional external envelope

Discosphaera tubifera, coccolithophore
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) showing the unicellular planktonic algae Discosphaera tubifera from the North Atlantic surrounded by a sphere of calcite plates - coccoliths

Coloured TEM of Yersinia pestis bacteria
False colour transmission electron micrograph (SEM) of Yersinia pestis, a species of Gram negative, non- motile, capsulated

Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackfly
Scanning electron microscope image of the head showing the compound eye (x 130). The fly is a vector of a parasite which causes River Blindness. Coloured artifically by computer

Norovirus particles, TEM
Norovirus particles. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of norovirus particles. Norovirus is a genus of RNA (ribonucleic acid)

Coloured TEM of a Salmonella bacterium
Salmonella sp. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a Salmonella sp. bacterium. The cell is rod-shaped with long hair-like flagellae

E. coli bacterium
Escherichia coli. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Escherichia coli bacterium. E. coli are Gram-negative bacilli (rod-shaped) bacteria

E. coli bacteria
False-colour transmission electron micrograph of the bacterium Escherichia coli, a normal inhabitant of the human intestine

MRSA resistant Staphylococcus bacteria
MRSA: resistant Staphylococcus bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a deadly cluster of MRSA Staphylococcus aureus bacteria

Snail teeth

Hepatitis B viruses
Hepatitis B virus. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of hepatitis B viruses (circles), a cause of liver inflammation

Chloroplast in cell of pea plant
Coloured transmisson electron micrograph of a chloroplast (green) sitting in the cytoplasm of a pea plant Pisum sativum. The chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis where carbohydrates are obtained

Plasmodium sp. malarial parasite
Scanning electron microscope image of a malarial protozoal parasite. The parasite requires the anopheles mosquito to complete its life cycle

Kaolinite
Scanning electron microscope image of kaolinite (x 4.00K). Its a common phyllosilicate mineral, its structure is composed of silicate sheets bonded to aluminum oxide/hydroxide layers

Sarcoptes scabiei, scabies mite
Scanning electron microscope image of an itch or scabies mite, a parasite that infests a wide variety of mammalian hosts including humans

Coronavirus particles, TEM
Coronavirus particles. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of three coronavirus particles. Different strains of coronavirus are responsible for diseases such as the common cold

Acanthoica acanthifera, coccosphere
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a coccosphere, collected in the North Atlantic (x 25, 000 on negative). Artificially coloured by computer

Human red blood corpuscles
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) of red blood cells showing their characteristic biconcave shape which increases the surface area for diffusion

Globorotalia scitula, foraminifera fossil
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image showing a fossilised planktonic species of foraminifera

Scyliorhinus canicula, dogfish
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the scales of a dogfish (x 40)

Hepatitis B viruses

E. coli bacterium, TEM
E. coli bacterium. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of an Escherichia coli bacterium in the early stages of binary fission, the process by which the bacterium divides

Aspergillus
An SEM image of aspergillus in spore production (x 815 on a standard 9 cm wide print). The moulds are common in the northern hemisphere and some cause disease in humans and animals

Caterpillar egg
Scanning electron microscope image of a caterpillar egg (x 90), the caterpillar emerges by chewing through the shell (x 350)

Blackfly antenna
Scanning electron microscope image of a blackfly antenna (x 350). These long sensory organs feel and taste objects as well as sensing vibrations and smells (x 1.1K)

Anopheles gambiae, mosquito
Scanning electron microscope image showing a close-up of the compound eye of a female mosquito (x 2200 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Morpho menelaus, blue morpho
Scanning electron microscope image of the wing scales from the wing of a South American blue morpho butterfly (x 670 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Emiliana huxleyi, coccolith
Scanning electron microscope image of a complete sphere of coccoliths from modern oceans. These are thin calcite shells protecting the coccolithophore within

T2 cell culture
Scanning electron microscope image showing a T2 cell culture (x 4K)

Rift Valley fever virus, TEM

Paramyxovirus particles, TEM
Sendai virus. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Sendai virus particles (virions, orange). The protein coat (capsid) of one of the particles has split

False-colour TEM of bacterium E. Coli
False colour transmission electron micrograph of the bacterium Escherichia coli, a normal member of human intestinal flora

E. coli bacterium dividing

Chains of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria

Streptococcus mutans, SEM
Streptococcus mutans. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). S. mutans is a coccoid shaped, Gram-positive, anaerobic bacteria that is part of the normal bacteria flora of the mouth

Fallopian tube, SEM
Fallopian tube. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a human fallopian tube. Fallopian tubes are ducts that lead from the ovaries to the uterus

The anus of a bot fly
Scanning electron microscope image of the anus of a bot fly. Image on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Roundworm
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a parasitic roundworms head (x 1000 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Moth egg
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a moth egg (x 90). The caterpillar emerges by chewing through the shell

Sarcoptes scabiei, scabies mite
Scanning electron microscope image of an itch or scabies mite, a parasite that infests a wide variety of mammalian hosts including man

Coccinella sp. black spotted ladybird
Scanning electron microscope image showing the head of a black spotted ladybird (x 9 on a standard 9 cm wide print). This image has been coloured artifically by computer

Dermatophagoides pteronyssius, dust mite
Scanning electron microscope image showing a dust mite (x 250 on standard 9cm wide print). This image has been artificially coloured by a computer

Gigantiops destructor, South American jumping ant
High magnification image made with a scanning electron microscope of the head of a South American jumping ant. Image coloured artificially by a computer

Emiliania huxleyi coccolithophores collected from a bloom in the SW Approaches to the English Channel in June 2004. Date: 2004

Sea salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of sea salt, artificially coloured by computer

Fragaria sp. strawberry
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a strawberry (Fragaria sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Tyrophagus casei, cheese mite
Scanning electron microscope image of a cheese mite (x 170). These creatures are generally considered to be a pest, however they are added to Altenburger cheese to give it flavour

SEM of echinoderm steroem
A SEM of an example of stereom of an echinoderm (phylum which consists of 5 classes including starfish). Stereom is the structure formed by the fine networks of calcium carbonate which constitute

Dermanyssus gallinae, red or poultry mite
Scanning electron microscope image of the red or poutry mite. Adults appear red when engorged with blood, but otherwise are black, grey or white. Females are about 1mm long

Phthiracarus sp. box mite or armadillo mite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a box mite, showing how the body has fused into one single segment

Ceratodon purpureus, ceratodon moss spore capsule
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a ceratodon moss spore capsule (x 650 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Foraminifer
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a foraminifer - a single celled organism

Coccolith
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a Folkestone chalk surface with Cretaceous coccoliths (x2500 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Schistosoma nasale, bloodfluke
Scanning electron microscope image of a parasitic bloodfluke or flatworm. Coloured artifically by computer

Fragaria sp. strawberry
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a strawberry (Fragaria sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Solanum sp. tomato
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Danionella dracula, minnow
SEM image of the Danionella dracula. This tiny 17mm fish has evolved many unique and unusual characteristics, the most spectacular of which are jaw modifications that resemble true teeth

Gyrodactylus, aquatic parasite
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a monogenean, Gyrodactylus, a small leech-like parasite on the skin of a salmon (x 600)

HIV viruses, TEM
HIV viruses. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) particles. These particles are docking at a T-lymphocyte (white blood cell) just before infection

Clostridium perfringens bacterium with spore
False-colour transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a Clostridium perfringens bacterium with endospore. This species of Gram-positive

Proteus mirabilis bacterium
False-colour transmission electron micrograph of the bacterium Proteus mirabilis. It is an enterobacterium which is present normally in the human intestine

Nitrobacter sp bacteria, TEM

Chrysanthemum, CT scan image
CT Scan image of a Chrysanthemum

Syracosphaera anthos
Coccosphere from the Western Mediterranean. False coloured to show the shell is formed of inner and outer layers of coccoliths with very different structure

Electron micrograph of negative-stained Prochlorococcus. A cyanophage is a virus that infects cyanobacteria

3D structure of melanoma cell
3D structure of a melanoma cell derived by ion abrasion scanning electron microscopy

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a white blood cell eating MRSA
A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a white blood cell eating an antibiotic resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly known as MRSA

Scanning electron micrograph of a human neutrophil ingesting MRSA

Scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus and a dead human neutrophil
Scanning electron micrograph of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and a dead human neutrophil

Scanning electron micrograph of a schistosome parasite, which enters the body through the skin of persons coming in contact with infested waters. The adult worm lives in the veins of its host

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (blue) budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell (yellow-green)

Surface of HIV infected microphage
3D representation of the surface and interior of an HIV-infected macrophage obtained using newly developed tools for 3D imaging using ion-abrasion scanning electron microscopy

Coloured SEM of integrated circuit micro-wires
Micro-wires bonded on a silicon chip. Coloured Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) of the bonded ends of two micro-wires on a silicon chip. Micro- wires are often made of gold

Water mite, SEM C015 / 6374
Water mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a mite (subclass Acari) found in water. Magnification: x600, when printed 10cm wide

Water mite, SEM
Water mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a mite (subclass Acari) found in water. Magnification: x600, when printed 10cm wide

Pond bacteria C015 / 6371
Pond bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli) from a freshwater pond. Magnification: x4000, when printed 10cm wide

Water mite, SEM C015 / 6372
Water mite. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the head of a mite (subclass Acari) found in water. Magnification: x600, when printed 10cm wide

Pond bacteria C015 / 6369
Pond bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of rod-shaped bacteria (bacilli) from a freshwater pond. Magnification: x4000, when printed 10cm wide

Tomato leaf, SEM C015 / 5173
Tomato leaf. Coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph (ESEM) of the surface of a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaf

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"Unlocking the Hidden World: Exploring Electron Micrographs" Delve into the microscopic realm and witness the intricate beauty of life through electron micrographs. Discosphaera tubifera, coccolithophore: Marvel at the stunning calcium carbonate plates adorning this marine phytoplankton, resembling a delicate work of art. Crysotile asbestos: Peer into the dangerous fibers that make up this mineral, revealing its hazardous nature when inhaled. Liver: Journey inside this vital organ and observe its complex network of cells, unveiling its role in detoxification and metabolism. Cimex lectularius, bed bug: Get up close with these notorious pests as their exoskeletons reveal their resilience to survive even against our best efforts. Coloured TEM of Yersinia pestis bacteria: Witness the haunting beauty of these deadly bacteria responsible for causing plague outbreaks throughout history. Taraxacum officinale, dandelion (fruiting head): Explore the intricate structure of a dandelion's fruiting head under high magnification, showcasing nature's ingenious method for seed dispersal. Simulium damnosum, Simulian blackfly: Encounter these tiny insects known for transmitting river blindness as you uncover their detailed anatomy and feeding mechanisms. Norovirus particles, TEM: Enter the world of viruses as you observe norovirus particles - a common cause of gastrointestinal illness - providing insights into their structure and potential vulnerabilities for future treatments. 9 & 10 E. coli bacterium/bacteria : Dive deep into both individual E. coli cells or colonies to understand their role in digestion while also highlighting concerns surrounding foodborne illnesses caused by certain strains. Snail teeth : Discover how snails possess an unexpected weapon – razor-sharp teeth – enabling them to feed on tough plant material with ease; an evolutionary marvel. Chloroplast in cell of pea plant.