A 'realistic' simulation of an ecosystem. Three years ago researchers managed to simulate an entire bacterium with every known gene and molecule, I'd like to sc

A 'realistic' simulation of an ecosystem. Three years ago researchers managed to simulate an entire bacterium with every known gene and molecule, I'd like to scale that up. (Though one could not keep same level of molecular resolution when dealing with an ecosystem - too resource intensive.) Something to keep in mind for when I write my PhD thesis...