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Parasitism
Micrograph, taken with a transmission electron microscope, showing the atomic structure of a diamond surface. A spacing of about 0.1 nanometre is clearly resolved.
scanning electron microscope; butterfly egg
Cilia (yellow) in the oviduct of a rabbit; a false-colour scanning electron micrograph at 3,550 magnification
spinach chloroplast
Streptococcus pyogenes
Figure 79: Electron micrograph illustrating the thin, tubular, threadlike units of imogolite (magnified about 390,000X).
Plague bacteria
Scanning electron microscope.
transmission electron microscope
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