"The cell is constantly taking a gamble between growing and surviving, and that gamble may be part of why bacteria are so hard to kill." The work challenges a longstanding assumption that bacteria are ...

Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" shape-by keeping an enzyme at bay that would otherwise turn the cylindrical ...

Scientists assess bacterial growth trajectories to better predict infectious capacity and the conditions that aid proliferation. This article explores the key factors that influence bacterial ...

Measuring the wavelength-specific absorbance of light by cultures over time can provide insights about microbial growth. Bacterial growth curves performed in 96-well microplates using a microplate ...