Scanning electron microscope image: Bacteria of the species Enterococcus faecalis (purple) attach to hyphae of the fungus Candida albicans (turquoise). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Images: Carolin Dreher, Jeremiah Shuster Scanning electron microscope images of the spherical cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp.

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In infectious disease research, disrupting bacterial communication is widely considered beneficial. A study by UNIGE and NTU Singapore shows this is not always true.

Scanning transmission electron microscopy, or STEM, is a powerful imaging technique that enables researchers to study a material’s morphology, composition, and bonding behavior at the angstrom scale.

These yellow spheres are Streptococcus pyogenese bacteria bound to a human neutrophil – a key part of the immune system. Streptococcus pyogenese is the bacterium that causes strep throat in humans.

Electron microscopy is a powerful technique that provides high-resolution images by focusing a beam of electrons to reveal fine structural details in biological and material specimens. 2 Because ...