… We found that mass density of E. coli shows small variations between single cells and
between different nutrient conditions despite large differences in average cell shapes, in …

… In Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli the cell wall is a thin two-dimensional polymer
that consists of mostly parallel glycan strands oriented circumferentially around the cell axis (…

… protein (RFP) at two different chromosomal loci of E. coli strain MG1655. To repress either of
… Brambilla and E. Oldewurtel for support in microscopy, as well as A. Soler and M. Hasan for …

10.7554/eLife.10811.001 Bacterial biofilms can generate micro-heterogeneity in terms of
surface structures. However, little is known about the associated changes in the physics of cell–…

… e) Probability distribution of single cell fluorescence with ΔpilV (black), ΔcomA ΔpilV (blue), …
from fits in e). g) Characteristic times obtained from fits in e). (N>1500 for each condition). …

… E. coli expands its cell envelope in proportion to the biomass growth rate on the generation
timescale (Oldewurtel … , we took time-lapse movies of E. coli cells upon inhibition of cell wall …

Extracellular DNA is an important structural component of many bacterial biofilms. It is
unknown, however, to which extent external DNA is used to transfer genes by means of …

Cellular positioning towards the surface of bacterial colonies and biofilms can enhance
dispersal, provide a selective advantage due to increased nutrient and space availability, or …

… (e) Hypothetical sketch of how T4P retraction supports local ordering. … (e) Probability that
at least one pair of pili from different cells are attached to each other. Error bars: bootstrapping. …

Indole is an important biological signalling molecule produced by many Gram positive and
Gram negative bacterial species, including Escherichia coli. Here we study the effect of indole …