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.

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.

Marine Biological Laboratory. "Staying in shape: How rod-shaped bacteria grow long, not wide." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 20 May 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 05 / 190520165015 ...

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