False colour transmission electron micrograph of a coccoid bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis in the initial stages of binary fission The cell appears in crosssection with the outer external covering coloured blue The cell wall is the fine yellow line which encloses the cell contents The wall is indented at top bottom continues to do so until the cell is divided into two equal daughter cells In the center of the cell itself showing signs of division is the genetic material or DNA coloured blue yellow The surrounding cytoplasm mostly ribosomes is coloured green Generally a nonpathogenic bacterium it may cause acne Magnification x at mm size Microcosmos P fig
