I didn't want to derail the alien thread, so I posted here instead. The movie The Swarm does look good. I may have to see if I can find an english version of the book (I had to look it up on Wikipedia though, I didn't get too much from your link. I wish I could speak German but alas I don't, at least not yet ;-). I'm not sure I like Dino DeLaurentis being involved though. I've never really liked his stuff ever since Dune, but that's just me, although he has had some good stuff since, especially Hannibal. Anyways, nice post. The bacterial hive mind concept is one I haven't seen before.