Bacteria come in a wide variety of shapes, which are important for their fitness in their respective ecological niches. However, despite intensive research, the factors that determine the shape of ...

One of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet is closer than you think - right inside your mouth. Your mouth is a thriving ecosystem of more than 500 different species of bacteria living in ...

Mike Manson has spent 50 years at Texas A&M studying the bacterial flagellar motor - a molecular machine that spins hundreds of times per second, outpacing a race car's spinning crankshaft, to drive ...

From plant stems to bacterial shells, cell walls are far more than rigid barriers—they’re living, adapting structures. Scientists are uncovering how they maintain shape, remodel themselves, and even ...

Biofilms are multicellular networks that can grow almost anywhere. These slime-encased microbial colonies can survive harsh conditions and develop resistance to antimicrobial agents such as ...

There are photosynthetic bacteria known as cyanobacteria, and these microbes helped generate the oxygen that paved the way ...