Molecular clue links bacteria to the origin of animals.
Bacteria have a role in the formation of colonies by a species of single-celled organisms whose ancestors gave rise to the animals, which suggests that bacteria might also have influenced the origin of multicellularity in animals.
is in the  Department of Biology and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa ,  Honolulu ,  United States hadfield@hawaii.edu.
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