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19 Mar 15
Originally posted by SeitseI propose a toast to Saccharomyces cerevisiae: "By fermentation, the yeast species Saccharomyces cerevisiae converts carbohydrates to carbon dioxide and alcohols – for thousands of years the carbon dioxide has been used in baking and the alcohol in alcoholic beverages.[5] It is also a centrally important model organism in modern cell biology research, and is one of the most thoroughly researched eukaryotic microorganisms. Researchers have used it to gather information about the biology of the eukaryotic cell and ultimately human biology.[6]
Bacteria? cockroaches? Garlic? Seriously?
You people make me sick.
wikipedia
19 Mar 15
Originally posted by PonderableCockroaches can't hold a candle to the mighty Tardigrades. I think they hold all records for extremes of environment except maybe highest temperature.
cockroaches...they survive nearly everything (as species)
I just chanced upon an article about them within this last week and already I found a use 🙂
Dogs get my greatest vote though.
19 Mar 15
I read a book once. Some very clever people have estimated that 99.9999 percent of all species that have lived are now extinct, which says something for those which are still around, and particularly those which are surviving the current mass extinction. (Thanks, homo sapiens; nice job...) Anyway for me you can't beat a good crocodile; they look totally evil, and look a bit like dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are (were) very cool.
19 Mar 15
Originally posted by Indonesia PhilGlad you read a book once. 😀
I read a book once. Some very clever people have estimated that 99.9999 percent of all species that have lived are now extinct, which says something for those which are still around, and particularly those which are surviving the current mass extinction. (Thanks, homo sapiens; nice job...) Anyway for me you can't beat a good crocodile; they look totally evil, and look a bit like dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are (were) very cool.
Cool!
-m. 😉