Gluttonous bacteria on the fast track compete with biofilm-makers boldly going where bacteria haven’t gone before.
Rapidly “evolving” bacteria are in the news. A mutation toggling the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa between two distinct forms is generating excitement among evolutionary biologists. Joao Xavier of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and colleagues report in Cell Reports that they have repeatedly observed Pseudomonas evolve into “hyperswarmers.”
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