Microbial Art

Explore the world of supermodel microbes in this whimsical microbial art gallery filled with lovely microbe colonies.

ByCarl Zimmer
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Supermodel microbes? You bet. Check out this gallery of lovely, sometimes whimsical microbe colonies.

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