by S. Mar­vin Fried­man — Bac­te­ria ca­pa­ble of sporu­la­tion go out of their way to grow rather than sporu­late. They will there­fore try to ob­tain needed nu­tri­ents, even at the cost of killing their neigh­bors. When starved for nu­tri­ents, cells of Bacil­lus sub­tilis en­gage in can­ni­bal­ism, that is they lyse their sib­lings and...