Light and electron ... Escherichia coli are great to demonstrate such effects because they are well studied. Despite this, the dynamic mechanical changes that occur in E. coli at the nanoscale ...

This colorized 2006 scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows E. coli bacteria of the O157:H7 strain that produces a powerful toxin ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The engineered bacterial system described in the study may help in the ...