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khannie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago

Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely

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Bacteria may kill us entirely, but we will never kill bacteria entirely

khannie@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours ago
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    6 hours ago

    If we would kill bacteria entirely, we would doom ourselves inevitably.

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
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      But if bacteria killed us entirely, the world would go on with barely a whimper.

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    We must join the winning side, and become bacteria.

    • judgyweevil@feddit.it
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      Bacteria will win, but we don’t know which bacterial species or strain

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    Bacteria constitute 56% of the cells in your body. You’re more bacteria than human.

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      By number of cells, but not by volume.

      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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        Yeah but that’s because many human cells are really big.

  • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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    Two kingdoms of life vs. one species.

    15% of Earth’s biomass vs. 0.01%.

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    What. You have all the wrong ideas. No kill, symbiotic.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      I hearby declare war on water.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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        Don’t them ideas

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    If we go digital and all water is used to store energy, life would become difficult for bacteria.

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    The meek shall inherit the earth.

  • limer@lemmy.ml
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    I can see how bacteria may have developed our ancestors to be their hosts.

    It’s like cats. People think they are the masters. People also think the gut biome is there to serve them. Silly people

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      We’re just caretakers for grass in the end

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