A stirring tale of bacteria.(Organisms) From: USA Today (Magazine) | Date: June 1, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Society for the Advancement of Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Poetry in motion are not words usually applied to bacteria. Yet, when researchers at the University of Arizona, Tucson, looked into a petri dish, that is what they saw. Groups of bacteria streamed through the fluid, creating an ever-changing pattern of swirls and blips visible to the naked eye. In a bacterial ballet, the tiny organisms seemed to be moving through the fluid of the dish in coordinated fashion, almost like flocking in birds or schooling in fish.

"We all looked at this and said, 'Oh my goodness, why is this happening?' We were all surprised. We are still ...

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