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Wow, that's amazing. Is it possible to cultivate them at all, albeit at great expense and effort? Or is it entirely unfeasible? The Wikipedia article on "Viable
by irremediable 11y ago
Wow, that's amazing. Is it possible to cultivate them at all, albeit at great expense and effort? Or is it entirely unfeasible? The Wikipedia article on "Viable But Not Culturable" is quite brief.
- virusduck 11y agoIt's not feasible to culture them all. We don't know what kind of culture medium to use for every species. Some species of bacteria require other species of bacteria to grow. In other words, we don't know what we don't know about culturing a lot of bacteria. We know they're there based on DNA sequencing.
- irremediable 11y agoHave there ever been any examples where people have figured out how to culture them? e.g. figuring out an unusual medium and what other species they need. Or has it never been done?