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Fig. 2 | Microbiome

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From: Encrustations on ureteral stents from patients without urinary tract infection reveal distinct urotypes and a low bacterial load

Fig. 2

a–d Representative scanning electron micrographs of dominant crystalline phases in ureteral stent encrustations. Scale bars = 10 μm. a Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (ST06). b Whewellite (ST16). c Weddellite (ST31). d Absence of crystals (no XRD signal), organic deposits (ST04). e Distribution of encrustation biomass. f Distribution of encrustation biomass among crystalline phases. ND absence of crystals, Whe whewellite, Wed weddellite, Cap dicalcium phosphate dihydrate

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