Flora is a fantasy illustration to promote the artist’s creativity and storytelling, depicting the flowering of gastrointestinal microbiota fertilized by the churning gastric environment. The flowering is depicted by petals of Bacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, and Enterococcus faecalis, pistils of Lactobacillus and stamens of Enterococcus faecalis perched on stalks of Escherichia coli. The flower itself emerges on stalks of Clostridium difficile. Bacillus cereus, long rod-shaped bacteria in their arthomitus stage attach by fibers to the intestinal epithelium, grow filamentously, and sporulate.
Created by Cynthia Turner
Honored with the A' Design Award.
Cynthia Turner is a certified medical illustrator and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Illustrators. Her work focuses on the visual needs of the pharmaceutical and biotech research industry for their investor and advertising markets, including large scale illustrations for medical conference exhibitions and event and print collateral. She is known for creating striking visuals with clarity of message. Cynthia is the recipient of the 2014 Brödel Award for Excellence in Education for outstanding educational contributions to the profession of medical illustration and the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award whose extraordinary lifelong contributions to the advancements of medical illustration and scientific knowledge have set the highest standards of the profession and served as an inspiration to others in the field.
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