It's always a good hair day for Leptothrix cholodnii

When you're only one of trillions, it can be hard to get ahead. That's the problem faced by aquatic bacterium Leptothrix cholodnii, which is often found in the slime-like microbial mats common to mineral-rich bodies of water. Therefore, to establish itself in these communities, L. cholodnii forms long, rigid filaments that become an integral part of the structure of the microbial mat.

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