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'Zombie' bacteria found able to kill other bacteria - C C - May 4, 2015
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-zombie-bacteria.html
EXCERPT: A trio of researchers with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found that bacteria that die as a result of silver poisoning can serve as a means to continue to kill other bacteria in the same environment. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team describes how examination of dead bacteria revealed the silver that remained trapped inside of them and how it later caused the death of other bacteria....