Spanish Society of Microbiology
Rhodococcus equi
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Published 10/7/2016
R. equi is an animal pathogen that mainly affects horses, causing pneumonia. Furthermore, it is a facultative pathogen in humans, where it primarily infects immunosuppressed individuals. The photograph shows bacteria from a strain of R. equi invading a human lung cell.
The photomicrograph was taken with an Inspect-S scanning electron microscope after coating with colloidal gold, at magnification x15,000.
Itziar Chapartegui González
Cellular Microbiology Laboratory
Valdecilla Biomedical Research Institute
Avda. Cardenal Herrera Oria s / n
39011, Santander, Cantabria.
