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"The researchers are not sure yet if the bug lives only in clean rooms or survives elsewhere..." They think there's a possibility it only lives in clean rooms?
by bonestamp2 13y ago
"The researchers are not sure yet if the bug lives only in clean rooms or survives elsewhere..."
They think there's a possibility it only lives in clean rooms? Am I missing something, or does that seem very unlikely?
- Aardwolf 13y agoIt doesn't want to live in dirty rooms, only in clean rooms.
- jeremyjh 13y agoPresumably it did not spring into existence fully-formed in a clean room in the last hundred years. So, it must be able to live in other conditions but at population levels that are virtually undetectable.
- emiliobumachar 13y agoMaybe it's very vulnerable to competition, predators etc.
- insickness 13y agoThat's the mind-blowing thing for me about this article. The idea is that it can't compete with other organisms out in the wild. Out in the wild, other organisms reproduce too quickly, are too aggressive, devour these bacteria, etc. But these bacteria have something that allows them to survive in a clean room's extreme environment, something that kills off other more competitive organisms. This is the very definition of niche.