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Unlocking the secrets of bacterial biofilms – to use against them

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imageIt's bacterial biofilms that give the Grand Prismatic Spring its colorful hues.Karin Sauer, CC BY-ND

Standing on a walkway at Yellowstone National Park, I admired the hues of orange, blue and yellow in the sand of the Grand Prismatic Spring. A small sign nearby read “bacterial mats.” Visitors to Yellowstone may have noticed similar...

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