Biofilms are an important, but incompletely understood, form of growth and survival for many bacteria. Recent evidence reveals that biofilms are structurally complex, dynamic systems that have ...
The researchers were able to grow organoids using Invasin, a protein produced by bacteria. This study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on 30 December, shows that ...
1). Almost all bacterial characteristics (growth rate, cell division, cell composition, DNA structure, stress responses, biofilm formation and motility) rapidly respond to nutritional change.
"We've discovered that when many bacteria grow in fluids containing spaghetti-like molecules called polymers, such as mucus in the lungs, they form cable-like structures that intertwine like ...