
Emily Greenhalgh
@emwritesscience
Marine bio turned #scicomm | Enjoys pottery, puzzles, and putting 🧀 on things | Her Book FUN WITH OCEANS AND SEAS is out now! bit.ly/FunWithOceans
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http://emilygreenhalgh.com 27-09-2010 21:06:31
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My latest for Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) highlights an absolutely wild form of cell division by C. matruchotii—a bacteria that lives in the human mouth. Instead of dividing into two, the bacteria splits into multiple cells at once, a rare process called multiple fission. (Watch the video)