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More than just counting heads
Microcensus in Bacillus subtilis: The bacterium can even determine proportions of different groups within a mixed population, as a research team led by Ilka Bischofs has reported in the latest issue of Nature Communications.
The sleeping sigma factor
Simon Ringgaard and his team have described a previously unrecognized mechanism of bacterial transcriptional regulation that is obviously widespread in bacteria. In the future, their findings could also help fight antibiotic resistance.
Bull and Bear in the Bacterial World
Like humans, bacteria live in most ecosystems with limited resources. Their resource investments are the result of weighing up costs and benefits - similar to financial systems. Victor Sourjik's Microbial Networks group has taken a closer look at bacterial investment strategies.
Synchro swimmers under the microscope
A spectacle in the winter sky - But not only birds, fish and even crowds of people show collective movement, also motile bacteria form intermittent jets and swirls. Biophysicist Remy Colin and his team have have now been able to show how swarm behaviour affects navigation in the environment.
