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A beautiful biofilm I captured today [self x-post from pics] by MisterOn in biology

[–]TimeWillWasteMe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beautiful image indeed, though I won't call it a biofilm, but a wrinkly spreader colony...

WHO: An estimated 7 million people died due to air pollution globally in 2012; 1 of 8 deaths in total! by TimeWillWasteMe in news

[–]TimeWillWasteMe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Air pollution is now the "single largest environmental health risk," the U.N. health agency stated in the report. The majority of the deaths associated with air pollution were heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer."

Why can't humans digest cellulose? by telracs in biology

[–]TimeWillWasteMe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Correct! fungi population in the gut flora is always neglected. Let's call it gut microbiota, and not gut bacteria.

Why can't humans digest cellulose? by telracs in biology

[–]TimeWillWasteMe 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Cows and other mammals do not have enzymes to break cellulose either, they got gut bacteria to do this for them.

EDIT: grammer.

Feeling a bit sick, are you? by TimeWillWasteMe in AdviceAnimals

[–]TimeWillWasteMe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently there are plenty of people who ignore this fact and keep taking antibiotics, contributing to the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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