This collaboration, between a bacterial biochemist and a condensed-matter physicist, use light to control the movement and arrangement of cyanobacteria, forming two- and three-dimensional nematic ...

Filamentous cyanobacteria such as Anabaena and Nostoc are oxygenic photoautotrophs that grow as trichomes in which some cells can differentiate to become specialized in different functions, producing ...

Cyanobacteria are a group of bacteria found throughout the world. They grow in any type of water (fresh, brackish, or marine) and are photosynthetic: They use sunlight to create food and survive.