Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

Bacteria are classified into different groups depending on their shape. There are five distinct bacterial shapes: spherical, rod, spiral, comma, and corkscrew. Bacteria, just like any other living ...

Researchers often investigate the ecological and evolutionary factors that appear to shape these microbial communities. But it has been hard to determine whether these factors are actually causing ...

Bacteria had grown out in a yellowish smear coating the plates ... they observed 32-nanometer-wide structures resembling 12-sided dice—the right size and shape for a bacteriophage. It’s becoming ...

A comprehensive review explores how gut microbiota diversity and fitness influence Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk through ...

This represents a key innovation to identify novel microbial exometabolites with bioactive or signalling properties that shape microbial communities. MetaFlowTrain is easy to build and affordable, and ...