Monday, June 20, 2016





Some bacteria naturally grow as filaments, e.g., members of the actinomycetes. 
Many others, e.g.,E. coli and B. subtilis, make filaments only when under stress — a fact that has been known for about one hundred years but is still a bit of a mystery.

"WHY DO BACTERIA FILAMENT"


by: Moselio (Elio) Schaechter & Roberto Kolter











Then and now: use of 16S rDNA gene sequencing for bacterial identification and discovery of novel bacteria in clinical microbiology laboratories