Confocal micrograph of the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli). Fluorescent proteins (TagRFP-T, mCherry, sfGFP, TagBFP, CFP and YFP), time-lapse confocal microscopy and biophysical models are being ...

Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve ... coli at the] nanoscale level… remain elusive." During E. coli cell division, the researchers observed increased mechanical stiffening of ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations ... and Takayuki Uchihashi – chose the common bacteria Escherichia coli to study first in such unprecedented detail.