We can’t even grow most bacteria in labs.
And that doesn’t even get to the level of Archaea. Some of which we only know about because of genetic material.
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JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
We can’t even grow most bacteria in labs. It’s a pretty small subset that work with the traditional agar petri dish set up.
nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Relevant MinuteEarth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VY_SBwkCjw
stelelor@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Gotta love oligotrophy. Some lichens grow inside rocks… definitely can’t replicate that in a lab (although not for lack of trying).