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

Once the cell envelope loses its shape, all of the bacteria eventually burst open and die, Goley says. "We established a model for how either depleting OPGs or activating the signaling pathway ...

Emma Banks said: “Looking down the microscope and seeing that our colour-tagged Bd1075 shape protein (marked in red on image 2) goes to just one side of the Bdellovibrio cell (the outer curve ...

Asymmetric peptidoglycan editing generates cell curvature in Bdellovibrio predatory bacteria. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29007-y ...

Bacterial cell wall synthesis and division represent central themes in microbiology, as these processes underpin cellular integrity, morphology and reproduction. The dynamic interplay between the ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

In addition to its protective role, the cell wall also serves as a means to generate specific cell shapes, such as spheres, rods, or spirals, thus facilitating motility, surface colonization, and ...