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Bacteria evolved to help neighboring cells after death, new research reveals

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When organisms die, their molecules need to be broken down for reuse by other living things.

E. coli bacteria produces an enzyme which breaks the contents of their cells down into nutrients after death.

Dead bacteria are therefore offering a banquet of nutrients to the cells that were their neighbors when they were living.

The study has been published in Nature Communications .

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