Cannibalism and fratricide refer to the killing of genetically identical sibling cells that was recently identified inBacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, respectively. Here, Claverys and Håvarstein describe the investigations to characterize the scene of these crimes and identify the murderers, the victims, the murder weapons and the motives.
- Jean-Pierre Claverys
- Leiv S. Håvarstein
