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Bacteria have been programmed to behave like computers, assembling themselves into complex shapes based on instructions stuffed into their genes.

The researchers programmed E. coli bacteria to emit red or green fluorescent light in response to a signal emitted from another set of E. coli. The living cells were commanded to make a bull's-eye pattern, for example, around central cells based on communication between the bacteria.

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so bacteria can be made to behave like computers, arranging themselves into brightly-lit, colorful patterns. so which would you prefer today, the microbe-infused, potentially harmful, very slow processor or the microbe-infused, potentially harmful, monitor with a very slow refresh?