Like humans bacteria remember (if only for 4 seconds), says MU researcher
Monday, July 9, 2012 - 17:00
in Biology & Nature
The bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) has a rudimentary molecular "memory" that allows it to swim toward the richest sources of food. MU biochemistry professor Gerald Hazelbauer's continuing discoveries about how bacteria do this could shed light on human and animal sensory, memory and response systems.