In rod-shaped bacteria such as E. coli, this machine moves uniformly in all areas of the cell, resulting in a straight shape. In R. rubrum, by contrast, the helical Porin-PapS structure forms a ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.

The terrifying rise of a flesh-eating bacteria that thrives in warm coastal waters has claimed four more lives, this time ...

Instead, the spiral-shaped stalk, a common feature in many bacterial proteins, was what allowed the toxin to interact with the bacteria’s injection system.

The tiny spiral-shaped, nature-mimicking lookalikes of E. coli and similar bacteria. are called “Artificial Bacterial Flagella” (ABFs), the “flagella” referring to their whip-like tails.

The spiral-shaped bacteria Helicobacter pylori are common and troublesome. More than 13 percent of Americans have an H. pylori infection, although rates vary with age, race and socioeconomic status.

Although representatives with spiral-shaped cells are described for many functional groups of bacteria, this cell morphotype has never been observed among methanotrophs. Here, we show that spiral ...

Bacteria come in a surprising variety of shapes. In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria.

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 ...