Trichomonas vaginalis
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Modesto del Castillo
This organism is a strictly human pathogen that is most frequently transmitted as a sexually transmitted disease, STD. |
Bacillus subtilis
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Christopher Woolverton
Large rod shaped cells showing gram positive reaction in endospore forming Bacillus
subtilis. |
Sulfur Cycle
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Thomas Terry
Sulfur compounds undergo frequent metabolic transformations in bacteria, resulting in
the sulfur cycle as shown in this animation. |
Mating of F+ and F- Bacterial Strains
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Thomas Terry
The F plasmid is a self-transmissible plasmid found in some strains of E. coli. The animation illustrates several stages in the transfer of the F
plasmid from F+ to F- cells. |
Mating of Hfr and F- Bacterial Strains
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Thomas Terry
Certain Escherichia coli strains contain an F plasmid that has become permanently
integrated into the cell’s chromosome. |
DNA Replication
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Erica Suchman, Ralph Smith
This animation, which shows DNA replication and the interactions of the various enzymes, can be used to illustrate to students the order of events in DNA replication, as well as emphasize which enzymes are involved in the process. |
The Immune Response: Clonal Selection
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Animation
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Erica Suchman, Ralph Smith
This animation can be used to demonstrate to students the microorganism–macrophage interaction that leads to antibody synthesis and immune memory. |
Cytotoxic Lymphocyte Destroying a Tumor Cell
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by John Ding-E Young, Chau-Ching Lin, Gilla Kaplan
The activated killer T lymphocyte (right) contacts the smaller tumor cell
and secretes chemicals, including perforin and enzymes that are released from
intracellular granules. |
Electron Micrographs of the Aerobic Phototrophic Bacteria from a Hydrothermal Vent
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Vladimir Yurkov
These transmission electron micrographs show negatively stained (Fig. 1 and 2) and
thin-sectioned (Fig. 3 and 4) cells of strain JF-1. |
Cooling Tower Biofilm
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Judy Bowen
This photomicrograph shows a wet mount preparation of a deposit collected from a cooling tower. |
Sessile Protozoa in an Airlift Biofilm Reactor
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Dick Eikelboom
The image shows sessile ciliates attached to a carrier particle. Ciliates are always
present in reactors fed with domestic waste water. |
Pilobolus Fruiting Body
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Peter Harris
Pilobolus is a genus of fungi that have an explosive mechanism for spore
distribution. |
Crenothrix sp. Series
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by William Ghiorse
Sheaths of the Crenothrix sp. surrounded by deposits of
iron and manganese oxides. |
Bacteria Associated with Groundwater
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by William Ghiorse
Techniques to visualize bacteria in environments dominated by nonbiological particles. |
Gallionella and Sheathed Bacteria in Iron-Rich Pond Water
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by William Ghiorse
This slide illustrates the unusual morphology of iron-oxidizing bacteria found in an iron-rich duck pond. |
Direct Fluorescent Antibody Stain
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by Lewis Tomalty, Gloria Delisle
The labeled Pneumocystis organisms fluoresce bright apple green against
a red background. |
Formation of an Escherichia coli K-12 Microcolony
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by James Shapiro, Clara Hsu
Initial growth and division of three neighboring cells. |
Escherichia coli Microcolony
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by James Shapiro, Clara Hsu
Escherichia coli microcolonies were produced after 11.5 h of growth at 37°C on
an agar slide. |
Growth and Division of Escherichia coli K-12
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by James Shapiro, Clara Hsu
Initial divisions of three Escherichia coli K-12 cells leading to microcolony
formation on agar-coated slides show the development from a single cell to a
characteristic four-cell array. |
Scanning Electron Micrograph of Pseudomonas putida Colony Surface
MicrobeLibrary Visual: Image
Prior to 1/1/2002 by James Shapiro
Figure 1 shows a region in the center of a Pseudomonas putida colony. Figure 2 is a close-up of the large crack in Figure 1 which reveals individual
bacterial cells. |
