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Biologists discover bacteria communicate like neurons in the brain

October 21, 2015 by

Biologists have discovered that bacteria -- often viewed as lowly, solitary creatures -- are actually quite sophisticated in their social interactions and communicate with one another through similar electrical signaling mechanisms as neurons in the human brain.

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