Understanding and controlling how bacteria move through obstacle-filled environments has long been a challenge. A new model ...

In this process, bacteria are labeled as foreign bodies within cells, thereby signaling their destruction by the cellular recycling system. The study, titled "A family of bacterial Josephin-like ...

"We haven't had a robust understanding of how properties of the environment and cell motility influence bacterial dispersion." Mattingly decided to focus his model on 'surface states' that ...