MIT Phytoplankton - bacteriophage / 3d Medical Animation

[DrFritz714]

The Russians used to use them as an antibacterial therapy before antibiotics where widespread. Neat animation.

[globplop]

Aliens.



[phantom402]

as soon as i make some nanobots, im going to give them kill on sight orders for those creepy as T4 things

[Xxd3cayxX]

@phantom402 haha LOL! the T4 bacteriophage looks so cool!!!!

no!!!

[cusousa]

@phantom402

You do realize that those are bacteriophages correct? As in they kill bacteria..they dont attack people, its completely safe for us. So safe in fact that hospitals are starting to use them because they are so good at killing bacteria =).

[floodboy55]

@cusousa actually, they can harm us. they infect the bacteria which then infect our cells so basically they infect us both. . .THE INFECTION HAS BEEN DOUBLED!

[jakubgt1]

@floodboy55

A bacteriophage will NEVER infect a eukaryotic cell. Besides, how would a bacteriophage get past our membranes? It's impossible, the receptor sites aren't coded for eukaryotics.

[BTIsaac]

@floodboy55

Dude... that's not how infections work.

[cogexman]

@floodboy55

its hasnt been doubled... the bacteria then die lol.. They can't harm us.

[IvanderHaisley]

@cusousa so ... they don't recognize our cells ?

[sarahsunsmashable]

@IvanderHaisley if by recognize you mean don't harm then yes. the parts which look like legs at the bottom are tail fibres that will clasp only to bacteria and there are different ranges of infectable bacteria per bacteriophage species.

[kozeel]

Umm wtf was all that?

[sblackt]

Less animation and more information please.

[The420KushKing420]

@sblackt This video is of an animation not INFORMATION hence the title...if you want info go to an INFORMATIVE video... fuckface.

[JaniceEnola]

how can my book says that bacteriofage is not moving..??

it certainly looks like they r moving??

[razrX]

I believe phytoplancton is widely responsible for our O2 rich atmosphere.. that would explain the breathing..I think the video is trying to illustrate that

[andybeta404]

@razrX if i am breathing that stuff then imma not breathe for the rest of my life...(2 minutes later) ...x.x

[digitalsoul18]

lol why is the earth breathing?

[Farennah]

I don't understand your video...

What are the blue particles?

[scbaldwin13]

@Farennah I think the blue particles are nutrients, and the red particles are just waste products. I don't know for sure though.

[roidroid]

what's with the breathing?

[1020Shane]

@roidroid phytoplankton releases oxygen into our atmosphere. about 75% of our air is released by plankton.