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 ... which ultimately bends the cell body into a spiral shape.” The findings are likely to apply to all curved relatives of Rhodospirillum ...

Bacteria come in a wide variety of shapes ... Martin Thanbichler has now discovered the mechanism that determines the spiral shape of Rhodospirillum, shedding new light on the link between ...

The new study, published in Nature Physics, explores spiral waves in bacteria—something that has not been observed before. In ...

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.

causing the cell body to distort into a spiral shape. Use of images is limited to editorial coverage of scientific topics relating to the activities of the Max Planck Society. Any kind of ...