A recent study published in npj | Biofilms and Microbiomes explored biofilm maturation and dispersal dynamics in Bacillus subtilis using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy.

B. subtilis growing under the microscope on a microfluidic chip. The cells are losing their characteristic rod shape because they are being treated with a drug that blocks teichoic acid synthesis.

Using an innovative combination of biochemical experiments and ultra-high-resolution microscopy, a research team at Kiel University has solved the long-standing mystery of how the bacterium B.