UW News
Boo Tseng Shen
May 8, 2013
Pioneer bacteria lay down trails that draw new recruits
![bacteria form colonies](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2013/05/04195323/bacteria_prosperity-150x150.jpg)
New research shows bacteria may draw other bacteria to an infection site by laying down trails of a “molecular glue” that attract free-swimming individual bacteria.