Translation of "agissem" to English language:
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| E nos pareceu que elas eram pequenas demais para ter um impacto no meio ambiente, se elas simplesmente agissem como indivíduos. | And so it seemed to us that they are just too small to have an impact on the environment if they simply act as individuals. |
| O que ocorre é que as bactérias têm comportamentos coletivos e podem realizar tarefas que elas nunca realizariam se agissem como indivíduos isolados. | What happens is that bacteria have these collective behaviors, and they can carry out tasks that they could never accomplish if they simply acted as individuals. |