IN dark-ground microscopy with the sun as light-source, motile bacteria, when swimming fast, show a tail, as in the top left-hand photograph reproduced. This tail is occasionally seen to untwist ...

This change allowed the non-motile bacteria to "hitchhike" on other bacteria, increasing their chances of survival in environments where movement was not essential. This study not only explains ...

parkeri can exist in two states: motile, with an actin tail ... parkeri, VAP proteins were recruited to the bacteria; when VAP proteins were knocked out, the frequency of interactions between ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...

A 3D rendering captured with a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine “cables” as non-motile E ... Scale bars are included. Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables that Grow into ...

Bacteria built it: A 3D rendering captured using a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine “cables” as non-motile E. coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution. (Courtesy ...

A 3D rendering captured using a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine “cables” as non-motile E. coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution. Bacteria in Polymers ...