Bacteria Learn New Trick

This informational text resource is intended to support reading in the content area. This article shows how, through experimentation, bacteria evolve over a short period of time. The E.coli bacteria show the ability to eat a new food, citrate, after 13,000 generations of gene mutation.

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Direct Link: http://student.societyforscience.org/article/bacteria-learn-new-trick

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Subject(s): English Language Arts, Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10

Intended Audience: Educators

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: text complexity, evolution, mutation, bacteria, cell, genetics, gene

Instructional Component Type(s): Text Resource

Resource Collection: STEM Reading Resources

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