The Cell: A Molecular Approach

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Chapter 13: The Plasma Membrane

Micrograph 13.2  Phagocytosis

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Polymorphonuclear neutrophil ingesting bacteria by phagocytosis. Several stages of phagocytosis are visible, from a bacterium that is completely outside the neutrophil, to one that is completely engulfed. (Transmission electron micrograph.) [© Charles Sanders/BPS.]