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From: Mycoplasma pneumoniae and/or Chlamydophila pneumoniae inoculation causing different aggravations in cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis in apoE KO male mice

Figure 1

Electron microscopic views of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) bodies. Elementary bodies in the myocardial fiber from a mouse of the MP + CP infected group. The close view on the left side shows the double membrane of CP elementary bodies (1A). An intimal plaque from a mouse of the MP infected group, exhibiting two rounded mycoplasma bodies, characterized by only one envelopment membrane (1B).

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