Cell shape affects bacterial colony growth under physical confinement:
Cocci -> compact spherical colonies
Rods -> elongated colonies with increased access to nutrients
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Cell shape affects bacterial colony growth under physical confinement - Nature Communications
Lab experiments using liquid cultures or agar plates fail to capture the effects of physical confinement on bacteria. Here, Sreepadmanabh et al. use three-dimensional matrices to show that growth unde...