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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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