Cholera Bacteria Spear Their Prey to Grab Genes

Thursday, January 1, 2015 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

The bacteria that cause cholera grab genes from other organisms in a particularly predatory way: They spear neighboring cells with a poison-tipped spike.

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