Researchers have found that competing strains of Escherichia coli bacteria form distinctive lane-like patterns as their populations grow. It's well understood that populations of species don't ...

They cultured six bacterial species in 195 different nutrient environments (media) and profiled their growth, generating 4,680 quantitative indices based on two parameters: growth rate and population ...

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New research demonstrates that rapid growth can result in reduced bacterial fitness when food sources are scarce. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) have shed light on the ...