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 ...

All bacteria exist as single cells at some point in their lives – except for one kind, known as multicellular magnetotactic ...

Inspired by sea sponges, researchers created living micro-lenses from bacteria that may improve medical and industrial ...

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool ... Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly ...

Read the paper: A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome The authors ... a lasso peptide because of its molecular shape, is produced by a group of genes ...

Lariocidin hits drug-resistant bacteria where others fail — by hijacking the ribosome at a new site, bypassing defences, and opening the door to a new generation of antibiotics. Lariocidin, a ...

Instead of growing, the bacteria work to repair the damage and change so they can better tolerate antibiotics. As this happens, they change shape, becoming thin and elongated.