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Effects of Antibiotics on Bacteria

Effects of the antibiotic Polymyxin B on Salmonella bacteria. The left image shows an intact dividing Salmonella enterica and the right image shows a bacterium after the incubation with Polymyxin B for 30 min. Both 5µm x 5µm images were taken in AC mode.

Courtesy of A. Böhling and T. Gutsmann, Leibniz-Center for Medicine and Biosciences.