The secret 'sex lives' of bacteria: Study challenges old ideas about how species form

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Jan 22, 2025, 3:30 pm147 pts
When Kostas Konstantinidis proved that many bacteria—like plants and animals—are organized into species, he upended a long-held scientific belief. Scientists widely believed that bacteria, due to their unique genetic exchange mechanisms and the vast size of their global populations, did not—and could…

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