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Bacteria conversations

piraka · 2006-11-11 14:57:43

Came across an interesting article on how bacteria can communicate with each other. Now where is that bottle of bleach. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover.html This is also related. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover2.html

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11-11-2006 3:57pm

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piraka

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Came across an interesting article on how bacteria can communicate with each other. Now where is that bottle of bleach.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover.html

This is also related.

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover2.html

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#2 11-11-2006 7:19pm
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Wow, brilliant stuff. That would have made my Biotech days a lot more interesting in college if it was known about back then. Great articles, read em from top to toe!

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#3 12-11-2006 6:57pm
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Its amazing what was considered quack science years ago is cutting edge science now, how times change and how little we know about the world we live in.

The thought has occured to me, are we seeing how multicelluar organisms evolved by examing these biofilms and chattering bacteria.

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