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Cuddly Bacterium Anyone?

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Isobel Maciver

Knitted MicrobesMicrobes get a bad press. Some of them undoubtedly deserve it. And even although there are many bacteria that perform useful, necessary functions, they somehow have never really made the leap into the cuddly toy category. They have left that to the fish and the mammals. Continue reading “Cuddly Bacterium Anyone?”

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