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Electron direct ingestion gives them an survival edge in harsh environment, but that does not represent at the same time a clear advantage in the normal environ
by restalis 10y ago
Electron direct ingestion gives them an survival edge in harsh environment, but that does not represent at the same time a clear advantage in the normal environment, full of bacteria-eating organisms.
- Zenst 10y agoVery true and in such environments they may well be out competed, though with microbe it ends up feeding into a food chain and with that thought, I wonder what the food chain for these microbe are and if they have anything that feeds of them. Or is this a whole new level of microbe or are we just rediscovering something that naturally occurs and was more prevalent in the past due to competition being less evolved. SO may be that we are with that creating the perfect conditions and in a way that gives them momentum to accumulate to something noticeable and that may well explain why slow growing, may well be low survival rate and only in such rich environments for them that they thrive of any note. So still much to learn but at least we have a direction to look at as now we are aware of them. After all we do seek out new life and try to understand them, which is great.