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Bacteria are usually considered the ultimate single-cell organism. Yet many bacterial species form dense populations with complex spatiotemporal behavior, which can be considered both proto-multicellular organisms and minimal examples of living tissue. In this talk I will review our work with these systems over the last decade, aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying the dynamics of this type of living matter in both time and space.
