The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

A war has been raging for billions of years, killing trillions every single day, while we don’t even notice. This war involves the single deadliest being on our planet: The Bacteriophage.

Created with scientific advice and editing by James Gurney.

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The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

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[darklion]

So basically, the deadliest entity on our planet teams up with the second deadliest being on our planet.

[watergood]

"This bacteria can even survive in alchoholic hand gel"
Congratulations boys, we found the 1%

[navygravy]

Bacteria: **exist**
Antibiotics: PREPARE FOR TROUBLE
Phages: AND MAKE IT DOUBLE

[helpfulinterdimentionalfor]

This is why you should ALWAYS finish a course of antibiotics when prescribed.
Even when you're feeling better.
Because then if there's one or a few bacteria left, we basically speed up evolution. The strongsst survive, even on a microscopic scale.

[yashalraza]

Theres a saying



*the enemy of my enemy is my friend*

[Vishal-yllx]

All your videos frighten us and then give us hope.

[ibkirk]

Bacteria: I’m the strongest thing ever. Phages: hippity hoppity your genetic structure is now my property

[Core_Of_The_Void]

Bacteriophages: Microscopic Snipers that target Bacteria
Hybridoma Cells: Assassins that produce heat-seeking bullets with intent to destroy Cancer Cells

Scientists: “Oh yeah, It’s all coming together.”

[Err_Or-dwwq]

Bacteria: im the most dangerous and deadly thing on planet earth


Phage: hold my DNA

[Bruh]

"but we just politely ignore each other"
its like the 2 highest ranked people in a game teaming up to kill the rest of the playerbase

[Onepiecefan]

Every kurzgesagt video:
-Scares you.
-Calms you down.
-Adds birds

[Indonesian_edit]

"it kills trillions of live"
Me:😨
"All of them are bad bacteria"
Me:😌

[thombo]

Bacteria: infects human
Human: infects bacteria
Bacteria: “you weren’t supposed to do that”

[GonkDroid]

I love how the deadliest thing on this earth is a d20 dice with a screw and spider legs

[arthur]

Phage: *Joins in the game*
Superbugs: "Why do I hear boss music?"

[JennTheSavage]

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” type of vibe

[GarlicReturns]

Let's say it in a cooler way : "humanity can be saved by 20 sided dice mini-robots."

[thurircantsee]

superbugs: **exist**

phages: your free trial of existence has ended

[spongeintheshoe]

Bacteria: That's a superbug. Antibiotics won't hurt him at all when he's red. And when he's green, bacteriophages won't work! What are you gonna do now?
Humanity: Uh... I guess I'll just use antibiotics when he's green and bacteriophages when he's red.
Bacteria: But... Oh, darn it!