Interesting Engineering on MSN2 个月
‘Bushy tree’: Your mouth hosts rare bacteria that split into 14 cells at once
Normally, bacteria divide into two cells, but Corynebacterium matruchotii can reproduce themselves up to 14 times in an ...
EurekAlert!2 个月
Multiple fission in Corynebacterium matruchotii (VIDEO)
a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria living in human dental plaque. Credit: Scott Chimileski, MBL. See Chimileski et al (2024), PNAS.
News Medical on MSN2 个月
Extraordinary cell division mechanism discovered in common dental plaque bacteria
one of the most common bacteria living in dental plaque. The filamentous bacterium doesn't just divide, it splits into ...