Could this be a spirochete?

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Pavle Banović

Hello,

Here is the image of Borrelia for size comparison, maybe it will help you. In my opinion that's more probably some kind of fiber from food.

Elise Varaela - EV - Voltura

Thanks - that is what we thought but spirochetes can range in size up to 500 um. I have TRANS, DTEP, and Phase-Contrast images - not sure if that will help! :-)