“We live now in the Age of Bacteria. Our planet has always been in the Age of bacteria. Bacteria are —and always have been— the dominant forms of life on Earth”
Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) American paleontologist, theoretical biologist and writer of popular science.
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García Jordá, E. Friendly bacterium. Clin Transl Oncol 9, 749–751 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-007-0135-z
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