Bacterial cells alter behaviours depending on the food they are served

by Glen DSouza, Postdoctoral researcher, ETH-Zurich and Eawag
(source: nature.com)

Bacterial cells engage in group formation when they have to metabolise complex polysaccharides but enter solitary growth modes when simpler monosaccharides become available in environment.

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