Access
This article is part of Nature's premium content.
Published online 10 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060410-1
News
Bacterium makes nature's strongest glue
Microbial adhesive is three times stronger than superglue.
Geckos, mussels and barnacles step aside - physicists have found the stickiest customer in all of biology. The title-holder is an unassuming bacterium that lives anywhere wet.
To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
Comments
Reader comments are usually moderated after posting. If you find something offensive or inappropriate, you can speed this process by clicking 'Report this comment' (or, if that doesn't work for you, email webadmin@nature.com). For more controversial topics, we reserve the right to moderate before comments are published.
There are currently no comments.
