Bacteria in polymers create cablelike structures that grow into living gels - Peer2Peer

Bacteria in polymers create cablelike structures that grow into living gels

Jan 18, 2025

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-bacteria-polymers-cable-gels.html

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