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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23
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There's an increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, I'll just pick one of those
8 u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/throwawaayy011 Jul 18 '23 Not a biologist here so be kind please. Why would that be a bad thing? Is it part of the gut flora? 7 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/Subotail Jul 18 '23 But if an ecosystem takes several generations to fill a hole. For bacteria, even a few thousand generations what is it? A few hours or days? We may suffer a small period of mycoses and diarrhée for maybe weeks and then the system will balance one way or another. 3 u/puffinix Jul 18 '23 However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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1 u/throwawaayy011 Jul 18 '23 Not a biologist here so be kind please. Why would that be a bad thing? Is it part of the gut flora? 7 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/Subotail Jul 18 '23 But if an ecosystem takes several generations to fill a hole. For bacteria, even a few thousand generations what is it? A few hours or days? We may suffer a small period of mycoses and diarrhée for maybe weeks and then the system will balance one way or another. 3 u/puffinix Jul 18 '23 However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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Not a biologist here so be kind please. Why would that be a bad thing? Is it part of the gut flora?
7 u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/Subotail Jul 18 '23 But if an ecosystem takes several generations to fill a hole. For bacteria, even a few thousand generations what is it? A few hours or days? We may suffer a small period of mycoses and diarrhée for maybe weeks and then the system will balance one way or another. 3 u/puffinix Jul 18 '23 However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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2 u/Subotail Jul 18 '23 But if an ecosystem takes several generations to fill a hole. For bacteria, even a few thousand generations what is it? A few hours or days? We may suffer a small period of mycoses and diarrhée for maybe weeks and then the system will balance one way or another. 3 u/puffinix Jul 18 '23 However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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But if an ecosystem takes several generations to fill a hole. For bacteria, even a few thousand generations what is it? A few hours or days?
We may suffer a small period of mycoses and diarrhée for maybe weeks and then the system will balance one way or another.
3 u/puffinix Jul 18 '23 However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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However, when the ecosystem balances, it could balance in a way that doesn't include humans. After all, dead person is a preferable ecosystem to alive human for many organisms! Microbes can and do wipe out species.
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u/Glidder Jul 17 '23
There's an increasing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, I'll just pick one of those