Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables that Grow into Living Gels (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables that Grow into Living Gels

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A 3D rendering captured using a confocal microscope shows the development of serpentine “cables” as non-motile E. coli bacterial cells proliferate in a polymeric solution.

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Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte et al./Princeton University/Caltech

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