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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 ...

Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have imaged a heritable form of bacterial symbiosis inside the ...

Studying the impact of the environment on animal evolution is no easy task, as most animals reproduce slowly and exhibit complex behaviors. However, microbiologists have an advantage: Bacteria ...

Doctors have long been warned to go easy on antibiotics and sulfa drugs. When used with routine frequency, such germ killers may defeat their own purpose by leading to ever more resistant germs. Now ...

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella—the slender, ...

Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to treat bacterial infections more effectively in the future, researchers at the ...

The microbial ecosystem nesting in your mouth is giving scientists a rare tool to learn about how bacteria multiply. One of the most common bacteria living in your dental plaque, a filamentous ...