Shewanella image

This image is a single Shewanella bacterium (rainbow colored rod) on the surface of an iron-containing mineral (red and yellow plane). The entire image is 2 micrometers (i.e., 0.000002 meters) on a side.

May be used with the news release: "When Shewanella meets goethite; Evidence found of recognition between animate and inanimate objects"

The image shown is a 92K gif

Also available: 40K PictureViewer document and 60K JPEG