Genetically similar bacteria can differ in shape and behavior, even in lab settings. A recent study shows that this ...

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A study in Nature Genetics uses organotypic gut models to reveal genome-wide genetic determinants of Shigella colonization, spotlighting type III secretion system effectors as crucial for early ...

Confocal microscopy is an optical imaging technique that scans a focused point of light around a sample to reconstruct an image in a point-by-point manner. A pinhole is used in the detection path ...

A confocal microscope is a kind of fluorescent microscope used to obtain high-quality 2D and 3D images. The device is most commonly used to view cells and cell structures, but can be used to ...

We've already seen antibacterial surfaces that kill microbes on contact, but scientists in the UK have recently gone a ...

Under a microscope, ... Bacteria can move up to 14.5 times faster by swimming in fluid halos formed around yeast cells or inert objects, enabling rapid spread across otherwise dry surfaces.

WITec's alpha300 Ri inverted confocal Raman imaging microscope facilitates 3D chemical characterization from a new angle.. The inverted beam path of the alpha300 Ri microscope preserves all the ...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (small rod-shaped bacteria) swarms toward and around a neighboring Cryptococcus neoformans (round yeast) colony. The thin fluid halo surrounding the yeast enables the ...

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When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, really interesting ...