The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth – The Bacteriophage

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters link it whenever phage therapy or antibiotic resistance comes up, as an accessible overview.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Topic

bacteriophages

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• Kurzgesagt goes through bacterophages in this video: [VIDEO] I think this is the case mentioned by Kurzgesagt in the video, although he doesn't use names, so I can't be sure. Super cool, anyways!

• Relevant Kurzgesagt video explaining _everything_ about bacteriophage[1]. I posted this a while ago, but since it's a video it didn't get much attention. [1]: [VIDEO]

• The latter half of a charming video by Kurzgesagt[0] talks about the tension between anti-bacterial resistance and bacteriophage defenses - we might be able to see-saw treatments based on what local microbes have adapted to. I only mention it as a tangent, and because your …