Microbe Magazine
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Cover: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain JCP88, stained with acridine orange (magnification, ×1,000). Researchers are finding that E. coli interacts with and responds to signaling pathways in the host (see p. 66). (Micrograph courtesy of John K. Crane, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.)
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Microbe Magazine, Cover Image
Cover Image
Cover: Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strain JCP88, stained with acridine orange (magnification, ×1,000). Researchers are finding that E. coli interacts with and responds to signaling pathways in the host (see p. 66). (Micrograph courtesy of John K. Crane, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.)
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