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Just when scientists thought they knew all there was to know about [bacterium / bacteria] , they have unearthed something quite unexpected. They have found that bacteria have a [machination / mechanism] within their single-celled forms that can store and pass [on / in] memories to future generations. The research was on the [ubiquity / ubiquitous] E. coli bacterium. This is one of Earth's most well-studied [organics / organisms] . Researchers at the University of Texas wrote about how bacteria could form memories while [slacking / lacking] a brain: "Bacteria don't have brains, but they can [lather / gather] information from their environment, and if they have [recounted / encountered] that environment frequently, they can store it and quickly [excess / access] it later for their [beneficial / benefit] ."

Bacterial memory [difference / differs] from that in humans. It may be more [skin / akin] to our muscle memory. Our bodily [tissue / fissure] has a sense of what to do next from having done it repetitively many times [early / before] . The researchers attributed bacterial memory to levels of [ironing / iron] in their physical [constitution / constriction] . A researcher said: "Before there was oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere, early life was [idealizing / utilizing] iron for a lot of cellular processes." He added: "Iron is not only critical in the [origin / original] of life on Earth, but also in the evolution of life. It makes sense that cells would utilize it." He said his research could aid in [competing / combating] bacterial diseases, as "the more we know about bacterial behaviour, the easier it [be / is] to combat them".