Bacteria (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Bacteria

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Bacteria that divide their metabolic labor (left colony) grow faster than bacterial cells that produce all amino acids on their own (right colony).

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Samay Pande, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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