Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Killing off rivals makes for happy families, bacteria study finds

02/15/2017 10:01 AM EST

two strains of warring cholera bacteria

Populations of bacteria will attack distantly related competitors in order to create a peaceful community in which they can flourish, according to a study.


Full story at http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2017/killing-rivals-makes-for-happy-bacteria-families

Source
University of Edinburgh


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