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Georgia Institute of Technology: Secret 'Sex Lives' of Bacteria - New Research Challenges Old Ideas About How Species Form
January 24, 2025
ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 24 (TNSjou) -- The Georgia Institute of Technology issued the following news:

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The study reveals that bacteria form distinct species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange via homologous recombination.

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When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many microbes -- like plants and animals -- are organized into species, he upended a long-held scientific belief. Scientists widely believed that bacteria, due . . .

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