New Research Finds Evidence of Charitable Behavior in Bacteria

Discovery from Collaboration between Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Boston University Provides Deep Insights into Complexity of Bacterial Strains and Antibiotic ResistanceBOSTON, Mass. (September 1, 2010) – Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and from Boston University have discovered that charitable behavior exists in one of the most microscopic forms of life—bacteria.  Their findings appear in the current issue of Nature. In studying the development of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, the researchers found that the populations