Legionella bacteria. Coloured Transmission Elec- tron micrograph (TEM) of the bacteria Legionella pneumophila,cause of Legionnaires' disease. Here,numerous bacteria are seen sectioned at different angles: typically,as at centre,they are rod- shaped Gram-negative bacilli with a single motile flagellum. L.pneumophila was first identified as an agent of disease after a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia caused 29 deaths at an American Legion convention in 1976. The bacteria was found living in water-tanks,shower-heads and air-conditioning systems. The disease,also called legionellosis,causes fatal pneumonic lung damage in the elderly and unfit. Magnification: x10,000 at 35mm size | |
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