For reproduction of the MMB, cells undergo classical bacterial division where the genome is replicated and the cell divides. The difference is that this is happening in a sphere so the sphere doubles in size and then…
Magnetotaxis in bacteria (and some protist) is passive. The organism will biomineralize a ferromagnetic mineral, such as magnetite or greigite, and in a magnetic field they will passively orientate. This is not active…
Hi there, first author of the paper here. We would argue that they are a true multicellular organism, which is rather unconventional for Bacteria. They do indeed have some level of genomic heterogeneity between…
For reproduction of the MMB, cells undergo classical bacterial division where the genome is replicated and the cell divides. The difference is that this is happening in a sphere so the sphere doubles in size and then…
Magnetotaxis in bacteria (and some protist) is passive. The organism will biomineralize a ferromagnetic mineral, such as magnetite or greigite, and in a magnetic field they will passively orientate. This is not active…
Hi there, first author of the paper here. We would argue that they are a true multicellular organism, which is rather unconventional for Bacteria. They do indeed have some level of genomic heterogeneity between…