Bacteria Memory

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What did researchers at the University of Texas discover about bacterial memory?

  • Bacteria can store and pass on memories to future generations without having a brain (correct)
  • Bacteria lack the ability to form memories
  • Bacteria have a brain-like structure for memory storage
  • Bacterial memory is similar to human memory

What did the researchers attribute bacterial memory to?

  • Levels of calcium in their physical constitution
  • Levels of oxygen in their physical constitution
  • Levels of iron in their physical constitution (correct)
  • Levels of glucose in their physical constitution

How did the researchers describe the mechanism of bacterial memory?

  • Bacteria have brain-like structures for memory storage
  • Bacteria lack the ability to form memories
  • Bacterial memory is similar to human memory
  • Bacteria can gather information from their environment and store it for future benefit (correct)

What did the researchers compare bacterial memory to in humans?

<p>Muscle memory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bacterium was the focus of the research on bacterial memory?

<p>E. coli (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did researchers at the University of Texas find about bacterial memory?

<p>Bacteria can store and pass on memories to future generations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the researchers attribute bacterial memory to?

<p>Levels of iron in their physical constitution (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the researchers describe bacterial memory in comparison to human memory?

<p>More akin to muscle memory (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the focus of the research on bacterial memory?

<p>The ubiquitous E. coli bacterium (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the researchers mention about bacterial memory and brain?

<p>Bacteria don't have brains, but they can gather information from their environment (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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