Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

Research has shown that E. coli can swim upstream in tiny channels, revealing that faster flows and smooth curves aided invasion, while sharp corners and thinner designs slowed spread, offering safer ...

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella - the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward. Movement lets bacteria ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Bacteria can effectively travel even without their propeller-like flagella — by “swashing” across moist surfaces using chemical currents, or by gliding along a built-in molecular conveyor belt. New ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) A new study shows how bacteria juggle ...

The bacteria of the family Desulfobulbaceae are like living electric cables—they can conduct electrons over centimeter-scale distances along their filamentous structures. These electric currents can ...