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So, you're saying that you opened up this cave and found that the only form of life was this "hero" bug that seems to kill off all other forms of life. I think

So, you're saying that you opened up this cave and found that the only form of life was this "hero" bug that seems to kill off all other forms of life. I think I saw this in a movie once and it didn't end well for us fleshy folk.

netsec_burn 10y ago
The bacteria is benign, it says so in the article.
- saycheese 10y ago
  Just because it's not pathogenic by default doesn't mean it could change or, more likely, be changed: http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/2013/03/genetically-engineered-bioweapons-a-new-breed-of-weapons-for-modern-warfare/ http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/2013/03/genetically-engineered-bio...
- baldfat 10y ago
  They also said dinosaurs couldn't reproduce in Jurassic Park.
  - novia 10y ago
    Jurassic Park was also fiction.
    - baldfat 10y ago
      Come on it was funny.
- Cthulhu_ 10y ago
  Non-benign bacteria used to not be resistant to antibiotics, too.
  - planteen 10y ago
    NVM, deleted
    - euyyn 10y ago
      > That's not true. >> These genes may be transferred from non-disease-causing bacteria to those that do cause disease It looks like it's true.