TED Talks

Bonnie Bassler: The secret, social lives of bacteria

TV-PG
2009 • E62    Apr 8, 2009    19m
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria "talk" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry -- and our understanding of ourselves.

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