This is an important discovery, but it was way over hyped by NASA.
Showing posts with label bacteria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bacteria. Show all posts
Walking Bacteria?
New research has found bacteria can stand up and walk.
ScienceDaily reported:
Now, UCLA researchers and their colleagues have found that during the initial stages of biofilm formation, bacteria can actually stand upright and "walk" as part of their adaptation to a surface.
"Bacteria exist in two physiological states: the free-swimming, single-celled planktonic state and the surface-mounted biofilm state, a dense, structured, community of cells governed by their own sociology," said Gerard Wong, a professor of bioengineering at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA.
New Strain of Bacteria Could Aid in Oil Spill Clean-up #oilspill
New bacteria has "extraordinary capacity" to produce rhamnolipids that could help break down oil.
New Strain of Bacteria Discovered That Could Aid in Oil Spill, Other Environmental Cleanup
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