A recent study found that bacteria not only exhibit collective motion but collective memory too. What might the implications be?

Collective motion can be observed in many biological systems, for example, schools of fish. Now a recent study out of Zurich has demonstrated experimentally that, while individual bacteria cells have short memories, groups of bacteria can develop a collective memory, increasing survival rates to outside threats.

By guest writer Josh Richardson

Source: Scientists Discover That Bacteria Have a Collective Memory | Wake Up World