The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish (Kishony Lab)

[brfoley]

This is one of the most elegant, viscerally effective diagrams of evolution in action I've ever seen. The diversification and branching pattern was perfect!

[NoamPeled]

This is single handedly the most important video on YouTube. Every time I see some comment section in Facebook with some religious dude claiming evolution is nothing but a theory, I google up this video and every time I can't help but fully watch it again in awe. Thanks guys.

[musicwelikemang]

Amazing video. This should be shown to every person studying medicine and every qualified current doctor.
The rate of bacterial evolution is not well understood in the GP community and they continue to over prescribe antibiotics for non-issues and even viruses.

[tonyweaver]

omg my illusion of safety has been penetrated. damn you Harvard!

[GavinGillett]

Awesome, I would love to see the same experiment done where bacteria was only placed on one side to see how quickly the mutant strains spread through the lower antibiotics after mutation

[cognitivecow]

When I was a creationist, I always said I wouldn't believe evolution until someone caught it on camera. Never thought I'd see the day someone actually did it.

[joshlewis]

Good job Harvard, you made indestructible E-coli. Let's just hope it was contained well.

[pipegm]

I show this to my students every year! Explaining antibiotic resistance is much easier thanks to this amazing vid.

[joseplayer]

Harvard Scientists #1: " hey that experiment went even better than I thought!"

Harvard Scientists #2: " yeah I know, really shows how easily the overuse of antibiotics would make one hell of a disease!"

Harvard Scientists #1: " yup, good thing you took it down to the incinerator to have it disposed of"

Harvard Scientists #2: " wait? I thought you said bob was gonna get rid of it!?!"

[encrium]

My biology professor showed this in her lecture. It is a very accurate and visual representation of how quickly a small organism such as e.coli can mutate to resist the antibiotics. This brings into light a problem we may have in the future with more and more infections that are becoming antibiotic resistant.

[xxrobloxgamerproxx]

our teacher showed this in science class and to be honest, this is actually really scary.

[bodiless]

This why you don't take antibiotics unless you absolutely have too. Let your immune system do its job.

[polarisgemini]

I realised early on that the patterns visible weren't random but similar to an ancestry tree. Multiply this 11 hours into millions of years and you have new organisms.
Edit: I was really scared to go through the comment section but this has to be one of the most sane YouTube comments section I have been through.

[DS-hqum]

I'd love to see this replicated using a different antibiotic in each section. For example, a penicillin then a cephalosporin then a carbapenem, etc. For course, keep the experiment contained and burn them to bits once done.

[jayc]

this video was absolutely astonishing and supremely interesting instantly saved and I'm looking forward to more stuff like this as soon as possible

[rivalxfactor]

So should I take all of my Zithromax pills or not?

[jonathan.gasser]

I wasn't expecting the bacteria to be "popping" into higher concentration areas. But it makes sense, you only need one lone mutation, somewhere, out of the millions of dead - and it spreads.

[jasonwhelan]

While watching this video, I couldn't stop picturing this happening to the entire world.

[ecoevoevoeco]

My Mom after watching this video:

"Yes, pretty amazing. The experiment should be followed with further experiments that expose the bacteria to different levels of antibiotics WITHOUT the opportunity to adjust to gradually increasing amounts."

Spot on!

[thomasfischbacher]

March, 26, 2021. I predict that this video will become surprisingly popular within the next 12 months, as an illustration of what "Covid-19 escape mutation" means.