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Scientists found that individual E. coli cells can carry traces of past hardship into the future, changing how quickly they grew in response to repeated nutrient fluctuations.
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Who
researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Georgia Tech, Josiah Kratz
What
Scientists found that individual E. coli cells can carry traces of past hardship into the future, changing how quickly they grew in response to repeated nutrient fluctuations.
When
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:10:16 GMT · 2h 18m ago
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Why
The study suggests this 'memory' allows even simple microbes to use experience to prepare for future environmental changes, possibly residing in the cell's protein-making machinery, like ribosomes.
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This discovery challenges previous assumptions about bacterial growth and could significantly alter how researchers approach bacterial infections, considering a bacterium's past environmental exposures alongside its present conditions.
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