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I don't see any limitations... try uploading!

• pvaldes 7y ago
  There are lots of limitations in fact with the idea of identifying a bacteria or a microbe with a microscope.
  • contingencies 7y ago
    Sure, same with images of anything though. There's always metadata. Some categories have extra properties, so you could handle this by documenting the stain in use, magnification, density count, spatial affinity, sample type, etc.
    • pvaldes 7y ago
      I do something similar just for fun, since many years. In my experience lots of just will not care about taking the steps necessary or provide the extra info, they just want easy answers from the blurriest phone photo available. Taxonomy is not simple. Not even for trained people. Doing this with bacteria and virus opens the door to a world of legal problems and medicine trouble. I would advice against.
      • contingencies 7y ago
        True, you could disable the ML identification bit. But the value of a browseable taxonomy with social identification features remains.
      • pvaldes 7y ago
        -> lots of [users] just will not