E volution of longitudinal division and multicellularity in oral bacteria LAVAL, QC , Aug. 22, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - Likely to survive in the oral cavity, bacteria evolved to divide along their longitudinal axis without parting from one another. A research team co-led by Professor Frédéric Veyrier, microbial geneticist from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), and Professor Silvia Bulgheresi environmental cell biologist from the University of Vienna , just published their new insights in Nature Communications . In their work , they described the division mode of these caterpillar-like bacteria and their evolution from a rod-shaped ancestor. They propose to establish Neisseriaceae oral bacteria as new model organisms that could help pinpoint new antimicrobial targets. Scanning electron microscopy image of caterpillar-like bacterium Simonsiella muelleri ( family Neisseriaceae)Crédit : Sammy Nyongesa and ...
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