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RE: Tree of Life: Archaea, Bacteria or Eukaryota?

in #science7 years ago

So, do you think there's untapped engineering potential for Archaea in the lab? We use bacteria for a lot of things from silly glow experiments to breeding plastic eaters. I wonder if the different chemistry opens up new possibilities.

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Well obviously I'm not somebody who would know but they typically live in extreme conditions surviving things we couldn't even consider, so perhaps medical potential at least?

I didn't know you wouldn't know, y'know. Now I know.
Ya, I was thinking toxic spill cleanups in factories or something. Maybe we can pull some genes from them to make better tomatos. haha. shrugs
Interesting read regardless.

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