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Bacteria 'can learn'

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Colonies evolve to anticipate changes in their surroundings.

The simple life of bacteria is a little less simple than you might have thought. New research shows that colonies of Escherichia coli can demonstrate a form of learning.

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  1. Tagkopoulos, I., Liu, Y.-C. & Tavazoie, S. Science advanced online publication, doi:10.1126/science.1154456 (2008).

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Hopkin, M. Bacteria 'can learn'. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.360

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