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Phagocytosis Collection

Phagocytosis, the remarkable process of cellular ingestion, plays a crucial role in our immune defense

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8596

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8596
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (green) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, pink)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Dendritic cells, artwork

Dendritic cells, artwork. Dendritic cells, a type of white blood cell, are called antigen presenting cells (APCs) and are found in the bodys tissues

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Bacteria infecting a macrophage, SEM

Bacteria infecting a macrophage, SEM
Bacteria infecting a macrophage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (purple) infecting a macrophage white blood cell

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (purple) engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Phagocytosis of fungal spores, SEM

Phagocytosis of fungal spores, SEM
Phagocytosis of a fungus spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil (blue) phagocytosing (engulfing and destroying) spores from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing bead

Macrophage engulfing bead
Illustration based on a scanning electron micrograph of a human macrophage phagocytosing (engulfing) a latex bead. Macrophages are monocytes from circulating blood that have migrated to tissues

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Bacteria infecting a macrophage, SEM

Bacteria infecting a macrophage, SEM
Bacteria infecting a macrophage. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (purple) infecting a macrophage white blood cell

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: Nadar

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: Nadar
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Ilya Ilich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist

Ilya Ilich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist. Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Phagocytosis of fungus spores, SEM

Phagocytosis of fungus spores, SEM
Phagocytosis of fungus spores. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of spores from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red) being phagocytosed (engulfed and destroyed) by a dendritic cell (brown)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Conceptual image of Euglena

Conceptual image of Euglena

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Conceptual image of cancer virus

Conceptual image of cancer virus

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: 3D rendering of macrophage phagocytosis

3D rendering of macrophage phagocytosis

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Microscopic view of phagocytic macrophages

Microscopic view of phagocytic macrophages, which are involved in the immune response within the body

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Microscopic view of cancer virus

Microscopic view of cancer virus

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Isolated cancer cell Macrophage

Isolated cancer cell Macrophage. Macrophages contribute to tumor growth and progression. Attracted to oxygen-starved (hypoxic) and necrotic tumor cells they promote chronic inflammation

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic HeLa cell

Scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic HeLa cell. Zeiss Merlin HR-SEM

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Torn muscle fibers with healing stages surrounding

Torn muscle fibers with healing stages surrounding. 1. Macrophage clean-up. 2. New cells migrate to repair. 3. Cells differentiate to become muscle cells

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8597

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C018 / 8597
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (bottom) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, yellow)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8922

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8922
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (orange) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8924

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8924
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (green) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8923

Shigella bacterium and macrophage, SEM C016 / 8923
Shigella bacterium. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a Shigella sp. bacterium (orange) being engulfed by a macrophage white blood cell. This process is called phagocytosis

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Ciliate protozoan ingesting algae

Ciliate protozoan ingesting algae. Darkfield illuminated light micrograph of a ciliate protozoan ingesting green algae (green)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Ciliate protozoan, light micrograph

Ciliate protozoan, light micrograph
Ciliate protozoan. Darkfield illuminated light micrograph of a ciliate protozoan, showing green algae (green) that it has ingested

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0596

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0596
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (orange)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0598

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0598
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (purple)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0595

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0595
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (pink)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0594

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0594
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (yellow)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0593

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0593
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (purple)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0592

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0592
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (orange)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0590

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0590
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (blue)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0589

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0589
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (yellow)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0591

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C014 / 0591
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing a tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacterium (bright green)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C017 / 8309

Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria, SEM C017 / 8309
Macrophage engulfing TB bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell engulfing tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) bacteria (pink)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: HeLa cell dying, SEM C017 / 8304

HeLa cell dying, SEM C017 / 8304
HeLa cell dying, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The cell in the foreground is undergoing apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Apoptosis occurs when a cell becomes old or damaged

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C017 / 8301

Neutrophil engulfing MRSA, SEM C017 / 8301
Neutrophil engulfing MRSA. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil white blood cell (purple) engulfing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (MRSA, yellow)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage feeding bacteria, artwork C017 / 8247

Macrophage feeding bacteria, artwork C017 / 8247
Computer artwork of a macrophage (blue), ingesting a bacterium (red), a process known as phagocytosis. The nucleus is depicted in green

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing a nerve cell, TEM C013 / 4803

Macrophage engulfing a nerve cell, TEM C013 / 4803
Macrophage engulfing a nerve cell. Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a section through a macrophage white blood cell (blue) that has engulfed a nerve cell (neuron, centre)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Hartmannella amoeba and bacterium

Hartmannella amoeba and bacterium. Computer artwork of a Hartmannella vermiformis amoeba (green) engulfing a Legionella pneumophila bacterium (orange) with a pseudopodium

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Phagocytosis of a yeast spore, SEM

Phagocytosis of a yeast spore, SEM
Phagocytosis of a yeast spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a neutrophil (brown) phagocytosing (engulfing and destroying) a spore from the yeast Candida albicans (orange)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Phagocytosis of a fungus spore, SEM

Phagocytosis of a fungus spore, SEM
Phagocytosis of a fungus spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a spore from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus (red) being phagocytosed (engulfed and destroyed)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing bacteria, artwork

Macrophage engulfing bacteria, artwork
Macrophage engulfing bacteria. Computer artwork of a macrophage white blood cell (pink) engulfing bacteria (blue). This process is called phagocytosis

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Neutrophils and Shigella bacteria, SEM

Neutrophils and Shigella bacteria, SEM
Neutrophils and Shigella bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of neutrophil white blood cells (large, yellow-green) and Shigella bacteria (orange, upper right)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophages and tuberculosis vaccine

Macrophages and tuberculosis vaccine. Fluorescence light micrograph of macrophage (red, outlined in black) white blood cells that have phagocytosed (engulfed) Mycobacterium bovis bacteria (pink)

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage ingesting debris, SEM

Macrophage ingesting debris, SEM
Macrophage ingesting cell debris at the site of a wound, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Macrophages are a type of large white blood cell that are part of the bodys immune system

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Neutrophil and trapped bacteria, TEM

Neutrophil and trapped bacteria, TEM
Neutrophil and trapped bacteria. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria (blue) trapped by a neutrophil (orange), a type of white blood cell

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage and tuberculosis vaccine, TEM

Macrophage and tuberculosis vaccine, TEM
Macrophage and tuberculosis vaccine. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of phagocytosed (engulfed) Mycobacterium bovis bacteria (purple) in a macrophage (green) white blood cell

Background imagePhagocytosis Collection: Macrophage engulfing bacteria, SEM

Macrophage engulfing bacteria, SEM
Macrophage engulfing bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a macrophage white blood cell (brown) engulfing Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria (yellow)



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Phagocytosis, the remarkable process of cellular ingestion, plays a crucial role in our immune defense. In this captivating image, we witness the power of neutrophils as they engulf MRSA bacteria, showcasing their ability to devour harmful invaders. The intricate details captured by SEM C018/8596 reveal the intricacies of this life-saving mechanism. Moving on to dendritic cells, an artwork beautifully portrays their pivotal role in phagocytosis. These specialized cells act as sentinels, capturing and presenting antigens to activate other immune cells for a coordinated response against pathogens. Their importance cannot be overstated in maintaining our body's health and vitality. Another striking SEM image showcases a macrophage being invaded by bacteria. This visual representation highlights how these fearless defenders can become targets themselves while fighting off infections. Despite this setback, macrophages remain resilient warriors capable of neutralizing threats through phagocytosis. Intriguingly, phagocytosis extends beyond bacterial invasions; it also encompasses fungal spores' capture and elimination. A mesmerizing SEM image captures the moment when fungal spores are devoured by phagocytes—an extraordinary sight that demonstrates nature's incredible mechanisms at work. The battle against tuberculosis is vividly portrayed through another stunning SEM photograph where a macrophage engulfs TB bacteria with unwavering determination. This powerful display emphasizes how phagocytic cells relentlessly combat infectious agents within our bodies. Not limited to microbial foes alone, macrophages showcase their versatility by engulfing beads—a testament to their adaptability in clearing foreign particles from our system effectively. Multiple sclerosis takes center stage under the scrutiny of an SEM lens—revealing its impact on nerve fibers within our central nervous system. While not directly related to phagocytosis itself, understanding such diseases helps researchers unravel potential therapeutic interventions involving this vital cellular process. Returning once more to dendritic cells, a captivating artwork showcases their elegance and importance in orchestrating immune responses.