Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model ...

This is reflected in the bacteria changing shape. Usually, E. coli bacteria are rod-shaped, but when exposed to Ciprofloxacin, they become long filaments. The bacteria prioritize repairing the ...

A cluster of E. coli bacterial cells appear as orange rod-shaped structures in a colorized micrograph. Credit: National Institutes of Health (CC BY-NC 2.0) Nobody wants to share a day on the water ...

In E. coli, the presence of certain group VIIIb transition metal compounds in concentrations of about 1–10 parts per million of the metal in the culture medium causes an inhibition of the cell ...