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enitihas
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Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day
That sounds like exponential reduction in the number of bacteria. How do any bacteria survive with this rate, unless I am missing something.
laser
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Bacteria grow at an exponential rate :) What at an incredible equilibrium. In optimal conditions E. coli can double every twenty minutes! These organisms live on a completely different time scale.
enitihas
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Indeed, a very special equilibrium then.
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The lucky ones exponentially conquer the freed up space, then some lucky virus gets to them, rinse, repeat.
narag
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