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exboyfil

(17,862 posts)

5. The bacteria exchange DNA

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 08:35 AM

Apr 2012

This can be extremely dangerous. Someone with a staph or strep infection encounters this bacteria, and the bacteria exchange the immunity - we got real problems. The other thing is do we really want to encounter the mold?? that is driving this evolution. It sounds like one mean mother.

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Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in 4-Million-Year-Old Cave [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2012 OP

I love science... WillParkinson Apr 2012 #1

Makes you wonder what they'll find in the water from Lake Vostok dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #2

du rec. nt xchrom Apr 2012 #3

This science nerd thanks you. zanana1 Apr 2012 #4

The bacteria exchange DNA exboyfil Apr 2012 #5

That's what I thought. OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #6

It's a bit different Occulus Apr 2012 #13

"ten thousand years to reach the cave's depths..." greiner3 Apr 2012 #7

Ancient cave discovery unlocks secrets of superbugs Judi Lynn Apr 2012 #8

Anti-Superbug Clues In Deep, Isolated Cave Judi Lynn Apr 2012 #9

Didn't Ebola originate from bats that live in a cave on Mt. Elgon in East Africa? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #10

also Marburg, iirc Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #11

It explains a lot, though Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #12