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Jan 22 2009

Thinking Outside the Box: Bacterial Genetics and the Peopling of the Pacific

Published by AnneH under big questions, news

Not all bacteria are bad.  Sure, there are plenty of nasty bugs that can make life pretty unpleasant; the ones that cause leprosy, anthrax, and cholera immediately come to mind.
But there are also plenty of beneficial bacteria living inside of us that we may not even know about. Some of them help us synthesize vitamins, digest [...]

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