Scanning electron micrograph showing Penta lanceolata unacetolyzed pollen. Compare this pollen to acetolyzed pollen images by the same contributor in the Library. This image is a ]higher magnificatio...

Single promastigote form Leishmania mexicana cell as seen by scanning electron microscopy. Promastigote form Leishmania mexicana (WHO strain MNYC/BZ/62/M379) were grown in M199 (10% FCS, pH 7.4, 28°C...

Spiroplasmas are bacteria in the Class Mollicutes that are frequently associated with insects and/or plants. This scanning electron micrographs shows symbiotic/ commensal spiroplasma-like organisms (S...

Scanning EM of a 24 hr (prim-5) zebrafish embryo. Zebrafish were chemically fixed critically point dried, and sputter coated with gold/palladium. This image is part of a series taken by Bryan Crawfo...

Scanning EM of the somites (myotomes), of a 24 hr (prim-5) zebrafish embryo. Specimens were chemically fixed critically point dried, and sputter coated with gold/palladium. This image is part of a s...

Scanning electron micrograph of a blood clot on the underside of a sticking plaster that has been used to treat a razor blade cut. Red blood cells (shown in red) and thin fibres of the protein fibrin ...

A colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph image showing a cluster of Clostridium difficile on a surface. Clostridium difficile is a species of Gram-positive bacteria that causes severe diarrhea a...

A scanning electron microscope image of the sensory hair bundle of an inner hair cell from a guinea pig's hearing organ in the inner ear. Vibrations made by sound cause the hairs to be moved back and ...

Scanning electron micrograph of a Vaginicola, a single-celled creature found in pond water. The cell (green) secretes and lives within a protective casing called a lorica into which it can contract. ...

Scanning electron micrograph of stinging hairs on the surface of a nettle leaf. The large stinging hairs (trichomes) are hollow tubes with walls of silica making them into tiny glass needles. The bulb...