'Acne Bacteria' Hopped from Humans to Grapevines

<b>http://tinyurl.com/93822k9 - <a href='http://tinyurl.com/93822k9'>Scientists name bacterium for Frank Zappa</a></b><p>A form of P. acnes – the bacterium responsible for human acne – reminded these scientists of a Zappa song lyric.</p><B>Frank Zappa</b><p>Microbiologist Andrea Campisano keeps a quote on his lab computer. The screensaver text reads: &quot;If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to mom, dad, teacher, priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do shit, then you deserve it...</p><B>&#39;Acne Bacteria&#39; Hopped from Humans to Grapevines</b><p>Grapevines can&#39;t grow zits, but they do carry bacteria related to the acne-causing pathogen found on human skin, according to a new report describing the first known case of a bacterium transferring from a human to a plant. So when researchers based at the Research and Innovation Center – Fondazione Edmund Mach in Italy analyzed bacterial colonies growing on the common grapevin
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