The elongation of the bacteria, as measured by the aspect ratio, ranged from 1.0 (spherical) to 5.5 (rod-shaped). Microchannels made of poly (dimethylsiloxane) were created with photolithography.

In contrast, in an experiment mimicking fossilization of real spherical microbes, these Thiotrix bacteria were flattened and lost their spherical shape (right). Credit: Christine Nims ...

This spherical space inside the prey becomes a home in which the Bdellovibrio use the prey as food and grow and develop into cells shaped like a curved string of boomerang shaped sausages.

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The elongation of the bacteria, as measured by the aspect ratio, ranged from 1.0 (spherical) to 5.5 (rod-shaped). Microchannels made of poly (dimethylsiloxane) were created with photolithography.