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viernes, 26 de junio de 2020

Feeling Out Bacteria’s Sense of Touch – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Feeling Out Bacteria’s Sense of Touch – Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Source: Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

Source: Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

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Culture sample of electrically excited bacteria, which resemble green-blue capsules outlined in red, as seen under a microscope.

Feeling Out Bacteria's Sense of Touch

Bacteria are single cells and lack a nervous system, but like us, they rely on their “sense” of touch to make decisions. Researchers are discovering how this sense of touch works and the implications it has for preventing the growth of hazardous bacterial colonies.

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