They hunt, they kill, they cheat: Single-celled algae shed light on social lives of microbes
Saturday, January 19, 2013 - 00:30
in Biology & Nature
Cheating is rampant among microscopically small algae, biologists have discovered. Their study adds to the emerging view that microbes often have active social lives. Future research could potentially open up new approaches to control or counteract toxic algal blooms.