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Wireless Messaging for Bacteria

Posted by timothy on from the well-it-is-wireless dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "According to BBC's article, UK scientists discovered that bacteria have a capability of warning each other over air about new antidotes introduced and by doing so help to develop a resistance to antibiotics! Speaking of 802.11 standard amongst microbes! This is so twisted!"

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  1. Of course it's wireless! by drfrank · · Score: 3, Funny

    A more interesting story title would have been "Wired Messaging for Bacteria". As far as I know, no bacterial colony has been caught setting up and using a wired telecommunications network. (The pond-scum at Qwest have gotten close, but they're certainly not there yet.)