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 ![Bacterial Cell](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/chsi/files/bacterial_cell.png)

 

**Mycoplasma mycoides  
Bacterial Cell**  
  
**David S. Goodsell, a biologist, combines information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate images of the molecular structure of living cells. This watercolor illustration shows a cross section through an entire Mycoplasma cell, depicting molecules such as DNA (yellow) and ribosomes (magenta), surrounded by a protective cell membrane (green).**  
  
 **David S. Goodsell  
2011  
Courtesy of David S. Goodsell, Scripps Research Institute**