But new research from Columbia University biology professor Lars Dietrich's lab shows that bacteria that form biofilms actually have a highly structured arrangement within those slimy matrices.

But new research from Columbia University biology professor Lars Dietrich’s lab shows that bacteria that form biofilms actually have a highly structured arrangement within those slimy matrices. Their ...

This collaboration, between a bacterial biochemist and a condensed-matter physicist, use light to control the movement and arrangement of cyanobacteria, forming two- and three-dimensional nematic ...

It's not just the presence of bacteria that can lead to disease; their spatial arrangement also matters. When scientists examined the bacteria that causes tooth decay, they found it 'shields ...

Viruses that attack bacteria - bacteriophages - can be fussy: they only inject their genetic material into the bacteria that suit them. The fussiness of bacteriophages can be exploited in order to ...