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 ...

A comprehensive review explores how gut microbiota diversity and fitness influence Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk through ...

Scientists have developed an innovative system -- called MetaFlowTrain -- that allows the study of metabolic exchange and interactions within microbial communities under different environmental ...

Skin microbes do more than coexist—they shape immune responses, repair tissue, and influence gene expression across your ...

Microbial communities are groups of microorganisms ... Metabolic interactions shape ecosystems but remain hard to study. Here, authors present MetaFlowTrain, a modular, low-cost fluidic system ...

We have identified and developed human nasal microbiota as a model system to address fundamental questions about how host-associated bacteria shape their communities through interspecies interactions.

Instead of growing, the bacteria work to repair the damage and change so they can better tolerate antibiotics. As this happens, they change shape, becoming thin and elongated.