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. 1921 Apr 30;33(5):583-91.
doi: 10.1084/jem.33.5.583.

COMMUNAL ACTIVITY OF BACTERIA

J W Churchman  1 , M C Kahn
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COMMUNAL ACTIVITY OF BACTERIA

J W Churchman et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

1. The behavior of a single bacterial cell toward gentian violet differs fundamentally from that of a small group of cells (thirty). 2. The explanation of this phenomenon is not purely quantitative; thirty cells accomplish much more than thirty times what one cell can accomplish.

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