19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A white blood cell proudly fighting against invading bacteria.
The daily struggle of our body against microscopic invaders. This is an electron microscopy picture, capturing the exact moment when, a soldier macrophage encounters and attacks tuberculosis bacteria. Here you can see how heroic and fearless can be a single cell! A lonely macrophage offers his own life trying to engulf a huge colony of tuberculosis bacteria.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2021 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2021 |
Photo Location: | Milan, Italy |
Copyright: | © Lucinda Furci |