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Bacteria a lot smarter than believed
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T.K. RandallJanuary 20, 2010 ·
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New research suggests that some bacteria is actually a lot more adept at complex decision making than believed.
When you think of bacteria the level of intelligence it can exhibit is not something that immediately springs to mind however new research has revealed that certain types of bacteria are a lot better at making decisions than others.
Bacteria are a lot smarter in complex decision-making than believed, new research says. Gladys Alexandre, associate professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology at University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT-K), decided to look at Azospirillum brasilense, the more complex soil bacterium than the common bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli)
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