The last researches related to germs show that these progress and are able to anticipate the exterior modifications.

The Escherichia Coli germs can associate higher temperatures (for example the temperatures that can be found in the human orbit) with the lack of oxygen. The germs modify their metabolism, anticipating the oxygen level changes.

For the researchers , this is the the first proof that some germs are able to learn, but this doesn’t mean that unicellular organisms learn in the same way.

This learning process at germs involve a “journey” in which the genetic chains are being modified.