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 ...

Nearly 150 years ago, a physician scientist named Theodor Escherich isolated a rod-shaped bacterium from the gut of an infant. That bacterium was E. coli, and it would go on to revolutionize science.