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Salmonella Typhimurium infection of a human epithelial cell

Salmonella enterica

A single enteropathogenic E. coli in the intestine

Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw

Human macrophage rupturing after infection with Chlamydia

MRSA

Clostridium difficile

The Ebola virus

Horse intestine with multiple attached parasitic worms

Trichuris muris is a parasitic nematode affecting mice. Following ingestion, T. muris eggs hatch in the large intestine where they develop into adults. The anterior end of the worm burrows into the lining of the gut, leaving the posterior end protruding into the lumen of the gut. The worms mate in this orientation, and the resulting eggs are released in to the gut lumen and shed faecally. 

HIV assembly and budding, HIV viral life cycle, illustration

Plasmodium ookinetes, malaria parasite life cycle, SEM

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HIV assembly and budding, HIV viral life cycle, illustration

Plasmodium ookinetes, malaria parasite life cycle, SEM

Salmonella enterica

Clostridium difficile