Genetic Engineering - Seven Wonders of the Microbe World (6/7)

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This video explores the ways in which humans are learning to exploit microbes to produce medicines, fuel and food.


(Part 6 of 7)
Playlist link - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4473936D327B7C69

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• genetic
• modification;
• E.
• coli
• bacteria;
• insulin;
• hormones;
• engineering;
• biofuel

[ThisIsDCG]

@RespectMyHate MRSA is proof for evolution.

Also, scientists have just discovered that some yeast in a lab evolved and became multicellular.

[RespectMyHate]

@philbot01 Exactly, and they are all still microbes, they never turn into a multicellular organisms, they remain bacteria as long as they reproduce. I don't think you get it, your DNA has the information to make your brain, heart, everything about you. Information like this doesn't just evolve. As a matter of fact no information every evolved, it's always complied by an intelligence.

[philbot01]

@RespectMyHate I think you are under-estimating the shear amount of microbes that there are. I can assure you that it is a number larger than your ignorant brain can comprehend.

[kyle5522]

INSULIN! not in-sule-in. lolol

[RespectMyHate]

@philbot01 They are still microbes, and will always be microbes, because their DNA code is coded to make microbes, they will always have a microbe DNA code basically they will always be unicellular and will never turn into a multi cellular organism, with a brain, eyes, defined organs, etc. it will never happen, thus evolution fails again.

[philbot01]

@RespectMyHate The hilarious thing is that you are actually talking about evolution anyway, Among those billion bacteria there are millions of mutations, 'Accident' bacteria. The thing is, E-Coli has been around so long that it is extremely improbable that a "More superior" E-Coli will accidentally be created. Microbes have even been witnessed evolving in laboratories within time periods of weeks, let alone years or centuries. Microbes are a PILLAR of Evolution theory.

[Kocken926]

@RespectMyHate Of course the bacteria came first, and yes, many side-species HAVE died, because their gene-changes were bad. The other ones survived and passed on their genes. (also, copulation speeds up the process of changing greatly)

[RespectMyHate]

@Kocken926 But according to the evolutionist if you look far enough back into our family tree microbes are at the very beginning. Look we have the codes to make us humans a cat has the code to make it a cat, therefore we will always be humans cats will always be cats bacteria will always make bateria, any change to the code can/will be fatal to the species.

[Kocken926]

@RespectMyHate That would be a valid argument, if it wasn't for the fact that humans certainly aren't amoebas.

[RespectMyHate]

@Kocken926 Because in a 24 hour period for certain bacteria starting with 2 they can reproduce to form a couple billion billion bacteria. And they are the same bacteria as their first mother cells not new species arise. They will always be a bacteria. How much more humans which takes 9 months to produce just one human, it would take billions and billions of years to make just one difference.