In article <cyost-1105950854070001 at chevron22.bio.ucalgary.ca> cyost at acs.ucalgary.ca (Chris Yost) writes:
>In article <bmicales.221.00242F71 at facstaff.wisc.edu>,
>bmicales at facstaff.wisc.edu (Bruce Micales) wrote:
>>>> Chris I agree with you 100%. If people only knew the power of the "lowly"
>> bacteria.
>>
>> Bruce Micales
>>bmicales at facstaff.wisc.edu>> Department of Anatomy
>> Amateur Radio : WA2DEU
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>I agree with this subsequent statement Bruce. Unfortunately, I think the
>general populace have a distorted view of the power of bacteria and
>microorganisms in general. I get the impression some times that people
>only see microorganims as nasty beasts trying to kill us.
Chris,
Again I must agree with you. I posted a message on the WWW asking if there
were any people interested in discussing a certain group of bacteria. Asnwers
that I received do show the misunderstanding that the public does have of
bacteria. I remember recently someone telling me that some person thought
that science should devote all its energy in wiping out E. coli (this was on
the "heels" of several people dying from contaminated meat). Guess we can
start with that person's intestinal flora and see how they like it :).
Yes there are pathogenic microorgansims, however, one must must the question
why are they pathogenic? I cannot (and do not) believe that these pathogens
go out of their way to be pathogenic rather it is just nature. Let us get
beyond the pathogens and look at the diversity of bacteria. From my view
point, eukaryotic cells do many interesting and complex processes. However,
given the size of the genome and simplicity of structure (compared to
eukaryotes), their diverse metabolic processes, IMHO, far out does the
eukaryotes.
Sorry, did not mean to preach.
>Once again this is my humble opinion.
The same can be said for the above.
Bruce Micales
Bruce Micales
bmicales at facstaff.wisc.edu
Department of Anatomy
Amateur Radio : WA2DEU
Packet PBBS : WA2DEU at WD9ESU.#SCWI.WI.USA.NOAM
