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The current headline is vastly more entertaining -- and it attracts a lot of non-life-sciences readers (like me) who are willing to linger and learn a bit about bacterial diversity.

Write a narrow headline, get a narrow audience.

In this case, I'll defend the current headline as "virtuous click-bait." That's a rarity, but nice when it happens.



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