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    Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
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    Image of Al Frente Al Frente
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    Dude. They've been spraying your packaged deli meats with phages for a few years now. The phages kill bacteria and prevent spoilage, to our benefit. They may soon be used as an alternative to antibiotics.
    The enemy of my bacteria is my friend. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/11/09

    @Al Frente: So if you are right, does that mean we basically unleash a microscopic army of soldiers against the bacterial commies? Sick. #bacteriophage
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    Image of TheAlmeida TheAlmeida
    11/12/09

    @Duckspwn: That's actually how my dad explained me how bruises heal when I was a kid. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    11/12/09

    @TheAlmeida: Haha, awesome dad! Right? #bacteriophage
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    I have a bad feeling about this.
    Real bad. #bacteriophage
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    Image of ThePaul ThePaul
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage

    It'll never be as badass as a Strongbadiophage, though. #bacteriophage
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    Image of BernadetteDenter BernadetteDenter
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    Back in the 70's I earned a PhD doing bacteriophage genetics, a field then at the acme of biology. Can't say I did anything useful, but by God it was most fun I've ever had.
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    Image of dcoaster dcoaster
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    This is high school biology, folks. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/11/09

    @dcoaster: Damn it - I knew when I was in the back row making spit wads in Biology that there was important information I was missing.

    Honestly, when I learned in Junior High that plants use biological warfare against each other, I finally realized that humans were really no different than any of the other living species around us. "Nature" is truly scary. #bacteriophage
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    Image of raffleking raffleking
    11/11/09

    @dcoaster: Standard viral behavior is the subject of high school biology...viruses that, as the article states, infect cells to become their reproduction factories. If this were just an article explaining how the standard virus works, then I'd agree with you. What's different about this is that it uses bacteria instead, a topic that is not typically touched in high school biology (unless you're in AP/IB, which at that point it's college level anyways) and leads to a far more advanced discussion on the topic of viral behavior. Plus the point of the article isn't to be a biology lesson, but rather to highlight the implications of us trying to utilize and mimic bacteriophage behavior for our own gain, which was touched on in the last paragraph. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Ben Zvan Ben Zvan
    11/11/09

    @dcoaster: I'm old so this wasn't high school biology when I was in high school. #bacteriophage
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    Image of adhir adhir
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    truth is far stranger than fiction. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Rejexted Rejexted
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    I remember seeing these things in an episode of Jimmy Neutron and not thinking they are real...but I am blown away that they actually are! THEY'RE SO COOL!!! #bacteriophage
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    Image of Esus Esus
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    How big is our head that we call ourself "Nature's ultimate machine"? This rant is not directed towards gizmodo but all who think that we, the human race, the Homo (sapiens) sapiens, are all the shiznitt. Of course; we are great and stuff, but how short sited are we to think that we are the last stop? Did we learn anything from Darwin? And why are we, the animals that kill each other without concern, the ultimates? #bacteriophage
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @Esus: I don't look forward to the arrival of the Overmind. #bacteriophage
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    Image of strideo strideo
    11/11/09

    @Esus: What are you talking about? I'm very concerned when I kill other humans. #bacteriophage
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @Esus: i dont think they meant 'ultimate' as in 'furthest or highest in degree or order'

    "And why are we, the animals that kill each other without concern, the ultimates?"

    very few humans kill other humans without concern. generally, we're very concerned with acquiring their property or in rectifying their previous deeds when we kill them. even a mindless serial killer displays some level of concern, else why would he bother with all the effort?
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    It is amazing how anthropomorphic these objects are. Makes the droll Dengue fever virus look like a beach ball. #bacteriophage
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    Image of seapathac seapathac
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    Being able to utilize existing biological structures is definitely the future of medicine. Lets just hope we engineer a treatment for cancer thus saving lives before someone makes a new plague that kills indiscriminately. #bacteriophage
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    Originally called the "Legdickthing", microbiologists renamed it with a proper latin moniker in 1913. They later decided that "Arachnophallus" was also in poor taste, and eventually settled for the more PC "Bacteriophage" #bacteriophage
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    Image of DanB91 DanB91
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    bacteriophages aren't organisms, they are viruses #bacteriophage
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/11/09

    @DanB91:

    your comment is as true as it is nitpicky. #bacteriophage
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/11/09

    @DanB91: What you are saying here is that they aren't considered living and only living things can be organisms. I think that's an important point. #bacteriophage
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    Image of DanB91 DanB91
    11/11/09

    @nutbastard: sorry for being nitpicky. But I have to say, the bacteriophage is probably the most kick ass looking thing in existence. #bacteriophage
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    11/11/09

    @DanB91: That's a fair comment, I saw it referred to as an organism somewhere are rolled with it, though a bit surprised because standard viruses are not. #bacteriophage
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    11/11/09

    In reply to Nature's Most Wicked-Looking Robot, the Bacteriophage
    I bet the bacteria feels fagged out after infection... #bacteriophage
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/11/09

    @aerospaceman: I don't recall seeing the bacteriophage smoking the bacteria. #bacteriophage
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    Image of aerospaceman aerospaceman
    11/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: but all the work the poor bacteria has to do to build other viruses sure takes its toll.... #bacteriophage
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