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Published online 30 June 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050627-13
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Bacteria lend a helping hand
Mobile bugs donate a protein to disabled ones.
Some soil microbes will generously give a helping hand to disabled colleagues, researchers have found. The bacteria donate proteins to neighbouring immobile bugs, giving them the ability to move again.
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