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Warpy

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4. Altruism extemds down to the level of bacteria

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed May 19, 2021, 11:37 AM

May 2021

which not only self destruct to release chemical signals to other bacteria that an attack is underway, they also merge cell membranes to exchange useful DNA, something responsible for multi species antibiotic resistance.

Pretty damned cool.

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