Cholerae GIF (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Cholerae GIF

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A computer model the researchers developed helped them understand how the bacteria internally function to grow, adapt and infect. Under a microscope, V. cholerae appear curved and flat. The researchers' modeling program, however, revealed that the bacteria take on a twisting shape similar to an auger that likely help them twist into -- and then escape -- the protective mucus that lines the inside of the gut.

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(Video by Thomas Bartlett, Department of Molecular Biology)

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