Bacteria come in a variety of shapes and sizes, implying that diverse mechanisms exist to coordinate cell growth and division. Our knowledge about the mechanisms controlling growth and division of ...

Bacteria live in nearly every habitat on earth including within soil, water, acidic hot springs and even within our own guts. Many are involved in fundamental processes like fermentation, ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the most essential biological processes. Understanding the precise mechanism ...

A previously unknown mechanism of active matter self-organization essential for bacterial cell division follows the motto 'dying to align': Misaligned filaments 'die' spontaneously to form a ring ...

In 1958 a group of scientists working in Denmark made the striking observation that bacterial cells are about twice as large when they are cultured on a rich nutrient source than when they are ...

Stars, triangles and pentagons demonstrate the adaptability and robustness of bacterial cell division machinery. What do watermelons and bacteria have in common? Just like the tasty fruit, microbes ...

Imagine trying to defeat an army of invaders that can double its population size every twenty minutes. This is what the human body is facing when it becomes infected with a harmful strain of ...

The Min protein system prevents abnormal cell division in bacteria by forming oscillating patterns between the ends of a cell ("poles"). Despite decades of theoretical work, predicting the protein ...

In most prokaryotes, and indeed eukaryotes, after chromosome replication and segregation of the daughter chromosomes to the two halves of the cell, cell division takes place and two progeny cells are ...