Bacteria are classified into different groups depending on their shape. There are five distinct bacterial shapes: spherical, rod, spiral, comma, and corkscrew. Bacteria, just like any other living ...

Seeking to mimic self-assembly processes that occur naturally, RIKEN researchers have demonstrated that the self-assembly of ...

The artificial cell’s “birth length," as Weady described it, was about two micrometers by one micrometer and resembled a rod-shaped bacterium like Escherichia coli. The particles grew in proportion to ...

Clostridium botulinum is a rod-shaped bacteria that produces lethal toxins under low-oxygen conditions that can cause ...

Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster ...

For hours on end, these microscopists peer through their lenses looking for TB’s tell-tale rod shaped bacteria on tiny blue-stained test samples to diagnose TB. In more than half of TB diagnostic ...

CAPE TOWN - According to the Department of Health, 170 people die of tuberculosis (TB) every day in South Africa. The ...