Individual cells in a population of bacteria can sacrifice their lives for others to achieve a greater common good.
Biologists have described a new biological concept in which self-sacrifice and self-destruction play an important role.
ETH Zurich study on salmonella self-destruction
(ETH Zurich/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Individual cells in a population of bacteria can sacrifice their lives for others to achieve a greater common good. Published in the...
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