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 distinct, ...
Still from a time-lapse microscopy video of E. coli cells treated with semapimod in the presence of SYTOX Blue. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Since the 1970s, modern antibiotic ...
The filamentous bacterium Corynebacterium matruchotii splitting into multiple cells at once, a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria ...