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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_life Also a possible problem if you grow mirror algae, which can kill regula

• dnautics 5y ago
  Will it outcompete algae? Even for a total autotroph, salvage pathways are a thing, especially in times of environmental stress,and a mirror algae would not be able to so easily utilize scrap from it's environment. Also why would it kill zooplankton?
  • iwwr 5y ago
    The wrong chirality form can sometimes be deadly[1], but at best eating it can lead to starvation. Assuming some sustained effort to introduce these organisms to the ecosystem. [1] - https://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~gablek/CH334/Chapter5/Thalidomide.htm https://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/~gablek/CH334/Chapter5...
  • hedora 5y ago
    I imagine that many of its natural predators (especially viruses) would be rendered ineffective against it, allowing it to outcompete the rest of the ecosystem.
• hedora 5y ago
  Yeah. This is approximately as bad as Ice-9. They really should stop before someone continues to an organism that can reproduce.