Rickettsia tsutsugamushi within the remains of a phagocytic vacuole of mouse peritoneal mesothelial cell.
The phagosome membrane is disintegrating. To the far left is a rickettsia free within the host cell cytoplasm. Between the rickettsias is a mitochondrion. Transmission electron micrograph.
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