Visualized: The Many Shapes of Bacteria

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We introduce the visual diversity of bacteria and illustrate how they are categorized by appearance—from a single cell to an entire colony.

NOTE: Raw data for this visualization isn’t available as it uses information drawn from Wikipedia, Microbiology Society, Foundations in Microbiology (The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.).

Visualization type: Infographic

Visualized: The Many Shapes of Bacteria

We introduce the visual diversity of bacteria and illustrate how they are categorized by appearance—from a single cell to an entire colony.


First published: December 2, 2022 (link)

Source files included: .ai, .eps, .pdf

Data source: Wikipedia, Microbiology Society, Foundations in Microbiology (The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.)

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