THE VIDEO SHELF · bacterial evolution
The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish (Kishony Lab)
A two-minute time-lapse from the Kishony Lab showing bacteria spreading across a giant petri dish with increasing antibiotic doses, evolving resistance as they go.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN links it as a visually striking demonstration of evolution and antibiotic resistance happening in days.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Harvard Medical School
- Topic
- bacterial evolution
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 16
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2026
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From the original HN conversations
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This is an amazing video[1] from Harvard Medical School released couple of days ago showing evolution of bacteria that evolve in 10 days to become resistant to antibiotics. [1] [VIDEO]
lossolo on Hacker News · 2016-09
In The Age of the Superbug Is Here> Why do you think the strongest of the strong bacteria are found in hospitals? I presume you mean strong against antibiotics and sterilisation. The evolved bacteria are likely weaker along other dimensions (that are less important for survival in a hospital setting). Some evolution …
robocat on Hacker News · 2019-07
In Bladder cancer 'attacked and killed by common cold virus'The video shows mutations in real time as bacteria grow or fail to grow in various places. [VIDEO] It's more a demonstration than experiment, but visually it's just really striking.
Retric on Hacker News · 2016-09
In Videos of Evolution in Action
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