How Darwin's “endless forms most beautiful” have evolved remains one of the most exciting
questions in biology. The significant variety of bacterial shapes is most likely due to the …

Respiratory infectious diseases are the third cause of worldwide death. The nasopharynx is
the portal of entry and the ecological niche of many microorganisms, of which some are …

Most unicellular bacteria grow and divide by binary fission, which involves an increase in
cell length, chromosome replication and segregation and septum formation, eventually …

Abstract Ha. lo. plas' ma. Gr. n. hals, salt; Gr. neut. n. plasma, something formed or molded, a
form; NL neut. n. Haloplasma, a salt‐loving form. Firmicutes/Bacilli/Haloplasmatales …