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Published online 25 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030224-2
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Bugs build tiny balls
Three microbes cooperate to build and run spherical home.
Three different primitive organisms combine to weave tiny, intricate spheres, German researchers have found.
The balls are some of the most complex microbial structures known, says ecologist David Paterson of the University of St Andrews, UK.
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