BacteroidesFragilis Gram

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Description: ID#: 3084 English: This micrograph depicts Bacteroides fragilis ss. vulgatus bacteria cultured in blood agar medium for 48 hours. – Gram-negative B. fragilis, though a commensal bacteria that normally lives in the human gastrointestinal tract this organism can become pathogenic under circumstances involving disruption of the normal intestinal mucosa such as trauma, or surgery. (original description of the image provider). Date: 1972. Source: CDC http://phil.cdc.gov/phil_images/20030203/6/PHIL_3084_lores.jpg other version: : This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #3084. Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. العربية | Deutsch | English | македонски | slovenščina | +/−. Author: Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. V.R. Dowell, Jr. Permission(Reusing this file): PD-USGov-HHS-CDC English: Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image.