15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A macrophage against tuberculosis bugs
Here is shown a rare event: a close up of the precise moment when a white blood cell (macrophage) desperatly try to protect our body by engoulfing a huge clump of Tuberculosis bugs (bacteria).
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 03.2015 |
Date Uploaded: | 08.2017 |
Photo Location: | Milan, Italy |
Copyright: | © Lucinda Furci |