Researchers demonstrate hidden feature in bacteria

The bacteria has ability to recognize the surroundings with no sensory organs. The researchers explained about bacteria that responds to chemical signals and have sense of touch.

A group of researchers led by Prof. Urs Jenal from University of Basel’s Biozentrum found bacteria identifies the surfaces and responds to mechanical stimulus. Similarly, pathogens find and attack their host cells. In our body there are different tissues for bacterial pathogens to enter from membrane mucosa.

Pathogens make mechanical stimulation as functionality to encourage the harmfulness of disease and to control host tissue to damage. The research group recently determine how bacteria sense on surface and the crucial reaction of first few seconds.