The origin of the logic of adaptive mutations: standing by to grow again.

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For decades, discussions about the evolution of species overlooked microorganisms. Over a century ago, Neisser and Massini isolated a coliform bacterium that appeared to acquire mutations adapting it to its environment, naming it Bacterium coli mutabile to reflect this feature. With the advent of molecular biology, these widely debated experiments were subsequently forgotten. Here, we present the history of an...

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