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Researchers at MIT recently proved that marine bacteria, the smallest creatures in the ocean, use their swimming skills to
reach tiny food patches that appear randomly in the ocean blue. The behavior of bacteria at these small scales could have
global implications, possibly even impacting the oceans' health during climate change. Scientists in the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering demonstrated for the first time in lab experiments that the 2-micron-long, rod-shaped marine
bacterium P. haloplanktis is able to locate and exploit nutrient patches extremely rapidly, thanks to its keen swimming
abilities. [Source: ScienceDaily]
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