Novel multicellular prokaryote discovered next to an underground stream
K. Mizuno, M. Maree, T. Nagamura, A. Koga, S. Hirayama, S. Furukawa, K. Tanaka, K. Morikawa
The paper describes the discovery of a new bacterium with multicellular-like behavior, suggesting a potential missing link in the evolution of multicellularity.
bioRxiv · Dec 25, 2020Evolutionary Biology