Bacteria turn threatening in tests with immune cells
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When benign E. coli (yellow or blue) repeatedly face the immune cells called macrophages (red), the bacteria can develop genetic mutations to transform into life-threatening pathogens.
Gordo lab/Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência