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Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables that Grow into Living Gels
January 27, 2025
PASADENA, California, Jan. 27 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news:

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Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables that Grow into Living Gels

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."

The finding could be particularly important to t . . .

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