Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition | See full galleryMicrobes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the... Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition | See full galleryMicrobes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the... Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition | See full galleryMicrobes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the... Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition | See full galleryMicrobes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the...

Beautiful bacteria: winners of the 2015 Agar Art Competition | See full gallery

Microbes and germs were used to paint masterpieces on a canvas of agar jelly in a competition run by the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists from around the world submitted entries, recreating famous paintings as well as original works. See more of the beautiful, bacterial entrants.