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A study in Nature Microbiology identifies a symbiotic relationship between microscopic protists and magnetotactic bacteria that allows the protists to orient themselves via the Earth’s magnetic fields while the bacteria hitches a ride on their outer membranes. https://go.nature.com/2ZSfR80 | Nature Portfolio