Thank Goodness for Bacterial Cannibalism

Some species of bacteria have a wicked survival strategy: killing members of their own species or a closelyrelated one. Theres a lot we dont know about it, but it s possible that someday we could potentially harness that knowledge to kill them inside the human body Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Katie Marie Magnone, D. A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Jeffrey McKishen, Scott Satovsky Jr, James Knight, Sam Buck, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, Charles George, Christoph Schwanke, Greg Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: Images: