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Seberapa kecil Clostridium difficile?

Clostridium difficile memiliki panjang sekitar 4 µm.

Yang diukur: spore-forming gut bacterium

Clostridium difficile (4 µm) ditampilkan sesuai skala di samping an E. coli bacterium (2 µm) dan a red blood cell (7,5 µm)
Digambar sesuai skala, dari kiri ke kanan: E. coli bacterium (2 µm), Clostridium difficile (4 µm), dan Red blood cell (7,5 µm).

Bandingkan

Seberapa besar sebenarnya?

  • As long as about 2 E. coli bacteria end to end
  • About 53% of the width of a red blood cell
  • About 5 would fit across a cloud droplet
  • About 40× the width of a flu virus

Pelajari

Fakta tentang Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile forms hardy spores that survive on surfaces and resist many disinfectants.

Sumber: CDC: C. diff infection; ASM Microbe Library

Micro World

NamaUkuranDibandingkan dengan Clostridium difficile
Shigella flexneri2,5 µm0,63×
Penicillium Spore3 µm0,75×
Aspergillus niger Spore4 µmukuran yang sama
Clostridium difficile4 µmhalaman ini
Cryptosporidium parvum Oocyst5 µm1,3×
Chlorella Algae Cell5 µm1,3×
Candida albicans5 µm1,3×
Halobacterium salinarum5 µm1,3×
Thermus aquaticus5 µm1,3×
Human T Lymphocyte7 µm1,8×

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Mana yang lebih besar: Clostridium difficile atau Cryptosporidium parvum Oocyst?

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