The Colors Of Microbiology: Bacteria, Fungi & More
The color of micro-organisms (fungi, bacteria, algae, and such) is due to different colored substances in the cells. For instance, bacteria use variants of chlorophyll (the green in plants) but absorb light of different wavelengths creating natural colors of purple, pink, green, yellow, orange, and brown.
While a few of the images have been color enhanced or stained with dyes for better viewing under a microscope, and the Petri dishes contain and added vivid color of a growth medium, microbiology is a wonderful source of color inspiration.
Photo by estherase
Photo by estherase
Photo by estherase
Photo by Toby Ciranjiiva Tatsuyama-Kurk
Photo by euthman
Photo by euthman
Photo by DavidJThomas
Photo by DavidJThomas
Photo by AJC1
Photo by AJC1
Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph showing Salmonella typhimurium (red) invading cultured human cells.
Header photo by estherase
Sources: madsci.org & microbeworld
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Pulp Fiction
:D
SparrowLP
I did a pattern in honor of E.coli a while back.
Miaka
I made this a while back, it reminds me of photo #2
heykelley
R3V0LUTii0N4RY
I can't remember which type, but there's a strand of something related to MRSA that looks pretty neat. :)
lightningmccarl
lizcrimson
plch
sublimice
I don't know about the culture dishes, but it is not uncommon for pictures in scientific publications to be pained on with colors for clarification.
klariart
I agree with sublimice. Yet, my work revolves around creating an invented colorful microscopic world. So similar to these, but paintings not photos.
www.klarireis.com
kay-sy
but take note to handle it cautiously...
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