Month: September 2022

DYNAMIC COLONIES. “New features can collectively emerge during self-organization from the intracellular level to the whole colony. P. vortex, is a highly social, motile, pattern forming bacteria.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

P. VORTEX BACTERIA. “Its information processing abilities are supported by exceptionally high number of communication related genes (two-component system (TCS), transcription factors (TFs), transport and defense related genes) suggesting a high “Bacterial Social Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Score”.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

INTRASPECIES RELATIONS. “P. vortex contains two subpopulations with different locations and functions, that contribute to creation of complex pattern colonies. The coexistence of two subpopulations within P. vortex colonies allows flexibility and adjustment to heterogeneous environments including other microorganisms such as fungi.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

SYMBIOSIS. “An unusual intraspecies temporary mutualism facilitates the spreading of both species. While P. vortex transporting fungal conidia with his swarming masses, the fungi bridges air gaps with its mycelia and allows bacteria to traverse these and colonize new niches.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL COGNITION. “New functional features that support the foundation of cognition appear at every level of colonial self-organization — from the internal cellular gel to the growth of the colony as a whole — thus facilitating a high level of functional complexity.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

GENETIC TRIGGERS. “To form such multicellular super-organisms, the respective units (the individual bacteria) assume newly co-generated traits and faculties that are triggered by expression of genetic information of the individuals.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

MEANINGFUL CHATTER. “Bacteria use their intra-cellular flexibility, involving signal transduction networks and genomic plasticity, to collectively create the colony and maintain its integrity by sharing interpretations of chemical cues and exchanging chemical messages.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

INTER- AND INTRA-SPECIES COMMUNICATION. “Bacteria, communicate with each other, with other colonies and different species.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

INHERITED LEARNING. “They glean relevant latent information from the complex environment, interpret the information in an existential ‘‘meaningful’’ way, develop common knowledge, and in some situations the physiological state of a bacteria (and therefore its experiences) influence the development of its progeny.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn

BACTERIAL CULTURAL MEMORY. “We know that bacteria record their past experiences and that ancestor bacteria can influence progeny in ways other than by stable mutations.”" "(Chapter 10) https://lnkd.in/dH829kt View in LinkedIn