Thanks to the American Society for Microbiology for this great picture.
Pic of the Day: Dangerous Rendezvous
"A macrophage (pale brown) interacts with Borrelia cells (blue), the spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Although the outer membrane of Borrelia contains a strong antigen, the OspC protein, the bacterium successfully evades the human immune system by hiding out in places less accessible to immune cells, such as the central nervous system. Credit: Cell Picture Show, by eye of science/Nicole Ottawa and Oliver Meckes."
Attribution: Nicole Ottawa, Cell Picture Show
Site: http://www.microbeworld.org/
Pic of the Day: Dangerous Rendezvous
A macrophage (pale brown) interacts with Borrelia cells (blue), the spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Although the outer membrane of Borrelia contains a strong antigen, the OspC protein, the bacterium successfully evades the human immune system by hiding out in places less accessible to immune cells, such as the central nervous system. Credit: Cell Picture Show, by eye of science/Nicole Ottawa and Oliver Meckes.
Attribution: Nicole Ottawa, Cell Picture Show
Site: http://www.microbeworld.org/
A macrophage (pale brown) interacts with Borrelia cells (blue), the spirochete bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Although the outer membrane of Borrelia contains a strong antigen, the OspC protein, the bacterium successfully evades the human immune system by hiding out in places less accessible to immune cells, such as the central nervous system. Credit: Cell Picture Show, by eye of science/Nicole Ottawa and Oliver Meckes.
Attribution: Nicole Ottawa, Cell Picture Show
Site: http://www.microbeworld.org/
