Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system

April 9, 2009 by Geeks are Sexy | 2 comments

In the following video presentation, microbiologist Bonnie Bassler explains how she discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves.

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2 Responses to “Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system”

  1. Paul Jones says:
    April 10, 2009 at 5:39 am

    That is really interesting!

    Reply
  2. Bennettt says:
    April 10, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Wow
    I love stuff like this. Real science verses redundant tech gadgets.

    Quite interesting

    Reply

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