How to Use electron micrograph in a Sentence

electron micrograph

noun
  • Scanning electron micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria (the cause of bubonic plague) in the foregut of the flea vector.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • Scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip.
    Victoria Albert, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Here, a colored scanning electron micrograph of empty fat cells.
    Colin Salter, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2015
  • The plush toys, which are modeled using the electron micrograph of each microbe and organ, are personified with wide staring eyes and vibrant colors.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2020
  • This colored scanning electron micrograph shows a bundle of tracheids in a softwood toothpick.
    Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Scanning electron micrograph of an adult Phlebotomine sandfly, species unknown.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2011
  • This scanning electron micrograph image shows the male and female reproductive organs in false color.
    Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2014
  • Enlarge / Scanning electron micrograph of a single fecal pellet (coprolite) found in the cranial cavity of a fossilized fish.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In any case, the imaging technique requires taking thousands of electron micrographs of individual protein-RNA-drug complexes, all of them oriented randomly.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 May 2020
  • Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria, which causes gonorrhea.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2023

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