Mutants of M. gryphiswaldense produced these foreign actins, whose function could now be studied for the first time. As it turned out, all the foreign actins studied affected chain formation. Some ...

Bacteria exist in many shapes and with very different talents. Magnetotactic bacteria can even sense the earth's magnetic field by making use of magnetic nanoparticles in their interior that act as an ...

Bacteria that contain an internal compass face an unusual challenge when they come to divide: snapping their internal magnets in two. A report in the December issue of Molecular Microbiology explains ...

July 31 (UPI) --New research has revealed the mechanics of a magnetic bacteria named Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. The unique species synchronizes its locomotion with the Earth's magnetic field ...

Bacteria that contain an internal compass face an unusual challenge when they come to divide: snapping their internal magnets in two. A report 1 in the December issue of Molecular Microbiology ...

A German-French research team led by Bayreuth microbiologist Dirk Schüler presents ground-breaking new findings on the functionality of proteins in magnetic bacteria in the journal "mBio". The ...