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Bacteria Can Tell Time

Bacteria can tell the time. New research reveals that bacteria have internal clocks that align with the 24-hour cycle of life on Earth. Source 3y.

Time Tell Bacteria

Our findings thus reveal for the first time that free-living non-photosynthetic bacteria are capable of measuring the passage of time. They can adapt their molecular processes to the time of day by using light and temperature as zeitgebers."