Tiffany Zarrella
banner
tiffzarrella.bsky.social
Tiffany Zarrella
@tiffzarrella.bsky.social
assistant professor at georgetown | polymicrobial interactions | bacterial physiology | science educator | views my own

www.zarrellalab.org
Reposted by Tiffany Zarrella
M. smegmatis uses new types of biofilm to enclose a liquid core and expand outwards in a weird new way.
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Reposted by Tiffany Zarrella
note, gliding is not comparable to sliding

the here described spreading is very similar to sliding (=spreading by growth and facilitating compounds, like polysaccharides), which was known for Salmonella - the authors are not fully correct stating that sliding always depends on surfactant
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM