Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified how certain dangerous bacteria spread. They studied chain-like adherence pattern (CLAP) varieties of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), finding that single bacteria attach to a surface and elongate before dividing, producing chai...
Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-09-scientists-dispersal-mechanism-gene-family.html)