The Bacteria Whisperer

Wired News ^ | 04/03 | Steve Silberman

[rustbucket]

Interesting article

[Boiler Plate]

E. coli is able to transmit antibiotic resistance to Salmonella sp and other pathogens. This has been known at least since I took micro in the 1980s.

Was the method of communication understood or just the fact they communicated? If the method was understood, then you are right, what is the big deal.

[RnMomof7]

just one more thing to worry about...

[Dataman]

This is another MOAB in the diaper of evolution since the first bacterial life was supposed to be simple. Now Miller & co will have to create life that not only has a library of genetic information but also talks.

[general_re]

This is another MOAB in the diaper of evolution since the first bacterial life was supposed to be simple.

These are the "first" bacteria, are they?

[mel]

Extremely interesting, I am working on paper on antibiotic resistance and will certainly include this information in my paper

[gore3000]

So now PETA will defend these guys?

May be, we may have to write a bill of rights for them!

[gore3000]

Ho Hum. This kind of signaling has been known for fifty years.

Perhaps if you had gone on to read the rest of the article you would not have said that:

The conclusion that only highly evolved organisms have the ability to act collectively proved to be a stubborn prejudice, however. On several occasions, Nealson tried to publish a diagram in microbiology journals illustrating cell-to-cell signaling in V. fischeri, but peer reviewers rejected it. Bacteria just don't do this, the critics told him.

[gore3000]

E. coli is able to transmit antibiotic resistance to Salmonella sp and other pathogens.

It has been known for a while that bacteria can acquire genetic information from other bacteria. However, that they can cooperate together pruposely to achieve a certain objective, is something new.

[gore3000]

This is another MOAB in the diaper of evolution since the first bacterial life was supposed to be simple. Now Miller & co will have to create life that not only has a library of genetic information but also talks.-dataman-

Since evolutionists treat present genetic information as if it had not changed since the species first arose, to deny that this arose at the beginning they will have to throw out all the garbage they have been spouting for 150 years. They cannot have it both ways.

[CathyRyan]

Something to keep you up at night.

[Dataman]

to deny that this arose at the beginning they will have to throw out all the garbage they have been spouting for 150 years. They cannot have it both ways.

Sure they can:

All effects have a cause/ all effects do not have a cause

Life only comes from life/ life sometimes comes from non-life.

Spontaneous generation is an old wives' tale/ spontaneous generation is science.

A theory without evidence is fact/ creation is a theory without evidence.

There are no transitional forms/ all forms are transitional.

Archaeopteryx is a reptile/ A. is a bird/ A. is a transitional form.

Dinos are warm-blooded/ dinos are cold-blooded.

Evo is established truth/ evo cannot stand criticism.

Evo is predictive/ we do not know into what we are evolving.

etc. etc. etc.

[struwwelpeter]

Any dermatologist or internist understands the concept of "internal flora", whereby bacteria live symbiotically and cooperatively.

[js1138]

I would like to offer my personal thanks to the designer. Hats off!

[jennyp]

Since evolutionists treat present genetic information as if it had not changed since the species first arose, to deny that this arose at the beginning they will have to throw out all the garbage they have been spouting for 150 years. They cannot have it both ways.

Yeah. Right. Evolutionists believe that genetic information never changes. Got it.

[Alas Babylon!]

Regardless of when this was discovered, the possiblities are endless. Perhaps we could "learn" this language of pheremones, and "teach" the bacteria to not be so deadly, or not produce certain toxins. This could lead to a whole new way to fight deadly diseases and illnesses.

[gore3000]

Any dermatologist or internist understands the concept of "internal flora", whereby bacteria live symbiotically and cooperatively.

That something happens, does not mean it is evolution. What we have this is much more than symbiosis, it is working towards a goal and exchange of information.

[Gamecock]

The bugs are talking to each other. And plotting against us.

Yes, I've been hearing voices in my head for years, that would explain it!

[gore3000]

Since evolutionists treat present genetic information as if it had not changed since the species first arose, to deny that this arose at the beginning they will have to throw out all the garbage they have been spouting for 150 years. They cannot have it both ways. -me-

Yeah. Right. Evolutionists believe that genetic information never changes. Got it.

Now, now, Jenny, you know you are misrepresenting what I said. Evolutionists claim that species are changing all the time, however, to prove their assumption they claim that species that have arisen hundreds of millions of years ago (according to evolution) can be compared in their present form to supposedly newer species as if none of them had ever been changing.

This article also poses a pretty great problem for evolutionists since communication is an intelligent act requiring symbolism.

[gore3000]

This could lead to a whole new way to fight deadly diseases and illnesses.

Yes indeed, and apparently some drug firms are already investigating the possibilities.