Crazy stuff in PNAS dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion www.snexplores.org/article/bact... - ThreadSky

nizet.bsky.social • 96 days ago

Crazy stuff in PNAS

dental plaque bacterium 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘪 can divide into an unprecedented 14 daughter cells at once—then each daughter cell starts growing immediately in a rare process called multiple fission, achieving 0.5 mm per day of expansion

https://www.snexplores.org/article/bacteria-cell-division-mouth

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gerrich.bsky.social•88 days ago

The video is amazing! I have never seen anything like this. 👀

whitefeatherhunter.bsky.social•95 days ago

I’m interested in this because I’ve sequenced B. cereus from my saliva and amplified it first on selective collagen plates and then in liquid culture to extract the proteolytic enzymes it produces. I wonder what interactions it might have with plaque bacteria (if any).