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Bacteria in the human mouth

Drawing of mouth bacteria, 1684 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek drew this first recorded image, published in 1684, of bacteria when he observed plaque scrapings from his teeth through a microscope.

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