The researchers dubbed the individual cells “microscopic tornadoes” for their rapid rotation, which both forms the crystals by drawing in other cells and then powers the crystals’ own motion.
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Under the microscope, strong-swimming swamp bacteria spontaneously organize into crystals
6 April 2015
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