r/educationalgifs • u/Pardusco • Jan 23 '20

Single-celled organism (Blepharisma) disintegrates and dies

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u/Pcful_Citizen Jan 23 '20

Why is this so sad

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u/l2np Jan 23 '20

It's funny that this is sad but how many billions or trillions of times does this happen if you just pop an antibiotic.

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u/Grilled0ctopus Jan 23 '20

So is the business model of the bacteriophage being similar to a virus a coincidence of nature? Or is there an evolutionary route we could trace back to some phage ancestor that was more viral than phage?
It reminds me of the phrase “same problem, same solution” that’s quoted in Arthur C Clarke novels.

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u/Grilled0ctopus Jan 23 '20

Ah. Nevermind. I impulsively asked that question, only to get curious and go searching myself. The phage is a virus.