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Morphology of wt and tagO strains of S. aureus as examined by electron microscopy. (Top) TEM; (bottom) SEM. Note that wt cocci are round and have a smooth surface, whereas S. aureus tagO cocci have a rough surface with many surface protrusions seen in all cocci.