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Mysterious acids keep bacteria rod-shaped by restraining rogue enzyme, experiments reveal
- May 27, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Researchers have discovered how acids on the surface of bacteria give these microscopic organisms their characteristic "rod" shape—by keeping an enzyme at bay that would otherwise turn the cylindrical cells into shape-shifting blobs.
Originally published at Phys.org