<i >Clostridium perfringens</i>, Gram-stained smear, pig, photomicrograph

Clostridium perfringens, Gram-stained smear, pig, photomicrograph

High-power photomicrograph of Clostridium perfringens in a Gram-stained smear from the intestinal epithelial surface of a pig. Note the characteristic intensely gram-positive large rods and their lack of spores.

Courtesy of Dr. John Prescott.