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It's incorrect to think of bacteria as these asocial, single cells. They are individual cells, but they act in communities, exactly the way people do.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: Act Bacteria Cells Communities Exactly Exactly The Way Incorrect Individual People Single Think Way

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When antibiotics first came out, nobody could have imagined we'd have the resistance problem we face today. We didn't give bacteria credit for being able to change and adapt so fast.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: Able Adapt Antibiotics Bacteria Being Came Change Could Credit Face Fast First Give Imagined Nobody Out Problem Resistance Today

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Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.

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Topics: Bacteria Geology Iron Made Rocks See

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You live in intimate association with bacteria, and you couldn't survive without them.

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Topics: Association Bacteria Intimate Live Survive Them Without You

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We mostly don't get sick. Most often, bacteria are keeping us well.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: Bacteria Get Keeping Most Mostly Often Sick Us Well

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Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: About Bacteria Behaviors Came Collective Earth Every Had How Living Living Thing Made Originally Perform Rules Thing Think Up Who You

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Think about all kinds of infectious diseases, like mumps or measles or chicken pox. When a virgin population encountered those pathogens, it ravaged the population, and now they're childhood diseases, and eventually they won't even be that. That's our relationship with bacteria, going through time.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: About Bacteria Chicken Childhood Diseases Encountered Even Eventually Going Infectious Kinds Like Measles Now Our Population Relationship Think Those Through Time

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You can find bacteria everywhere. They're invisible to us. I've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They're so small, we don't see them, but they are everywhere.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: Bacteria Everywhere Except Find Invisible Microscope Never See Seen Small Them Us You

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I called up and said, 'Dad, I won a MacArthur.' My father goes: 'I always thought your sister would win that,' and I said, 'Dad, just say congratulations and keep your private thoughts private.' At that point he laughed, then burst into tears, and it was obvious that he was so happy and proud.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: Always Burst Congratulations Dad Father Goes Happy He Just Keep Laughed Obvious Point Private Proud Said Say Sister Tears Then Thought Thoughts Up Win Won Would Your

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I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.

~Bonnie Bassler

Topics: About Being Creative Key Nature Open-Minded Successful Tell Think Trying You I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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