About This Cover

Cover Figure


Cover photograph (Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.): Surface-rendered model of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete, showing the periplasmic space (light brown) between the outer and cytoplasmic membranes, basal bodies (dark lavender), flagellar filaments (light blue), cytoplasmic filaments (red), and cap (green) and cone (fuchsia) structures within the tip attachment organelle. (See related article on page 7566.)


[Table of Contents]