Bacillus timepoint

The Bacillus Timepoint series is a collaboration between Ida Hermansen and microbiologist and PhD Bodil Kjeldgaard at Reshape Biotech. Ida Hermansen has painted with the bacterium Bacillus in Bodil Kjeldgaard's laboratory at Reshape Biotech. Most often described as a soil bacterium, Bacillus is found everywhere in nature in every region on Earth, in spices and in the intestinal flora. It has recently been discovered that Bacillus releases a number of signaling substances to its surroundings - small molecules that the bacteria use to communicate with each other - e.g. that there is no room for more individuals in a bacterial colony. In this way, Bacillus can enter and interfere with signals from e.g. staphylococci; the bacteria communicate and compete with each other constantly. The yellow spot in the picture is a 'pollution' - from Ida Hermansen, who accidentally got something from herself onto the medium while working with the works. Reshape's robots can photograph in timelapse, so Bacillus has been photographed from the very first signs of activity.