Monday, April 13, 2009

TED Talk: The Chemical Language of Bacteria

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Bonnie Bassler, a Princeton biologist, gave a fascinating TED lecture about her group's research into how bacteria communicate. By studying how animals interact with bacteria and experimenting with the behavior of colonies, the researchers uncovered very unexpected group behavior in these primitive creatures.

Link: Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria's amazing communication system ...

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