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Nephromyces: A mystery wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a kidney

• throwaway894345 4y ago
  • zasdffaa 4y ago
  • dang 4y ago
    Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.
• troon-lover 4y ago
• tr1ll10nb1ll 4y ago
  Web Archive - https://web.archive.org/web/20220729130025/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/nephromyces-parasite-bacteria/670925/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220729130025/https://www.theat...
• Angostura 4y ago
  This is a lovely bit of science writing. Thank you for posting.
  • sampo 4y ago
    Ed Yong is the best science journalist of our time.
• ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  • dang 4y ago
    Could you please not post unsubstantive and/or flamebait comments to HN? It degrades discussion and we're trying for a different quality here. To the extent possible... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • ChuckNorris89 4y ago
      Apologies, couldn't help it.
      • throwaway894345 4y ago
        I got in trouble too. :) It’s so hard to tell what’s in bounds these days!
• im3w1l 4y ago
  Symbiotic relationships are well known already?
  • freeqaz 4y ago
    It's unclear if it's symbiotic (sea grapes without the bacteria do fine). It's very odd!
    • im3w1l 4y ago
      Well I would say that it's highly likely that the presence of the bacteria is either slightly positive (symbiotic) or slightly negative (parasitic). As been discussed numerous times on HN our own guts are teeming with bacteria that we can live without but may sometimes derive some benefit or harm from.