Microorganisms navigate complex environments by generating local fluid flows through flagellar rotation, ciliary beating or body undulations. In many natural and host-associated habitats, the ...

Filamentous cyanobacteria buckle at a certain length when they encounter an obstacle. The results provide an important basis for the use of cyanobacteria in modern biotechnology. Cyanobacteria are one ...

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Cyanobacteria are one of the oldest and most important life forms in the world – for example as they took an essential part in producing the oxygen in our atmosphere. Some types form long filaments ...