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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by ams6110 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @12:04AM (#16841138)
One would assume the reproduction rate of the bacteria is sufficient to make this sustainable.
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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by ars on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:39AM (#16841563)
Easily. The bacterial population can double in just half an hour. The only thing limiting them is nutrients.

And they probably get a lot of those nutrients from bacteria that died, so it self balances.

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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by fipple on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:37AM (#16841554)
Yes, in the lab, bacteria can double in less than an hour.
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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by janekm on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:46AM (#16841574)
Also in the kitchen.
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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by TeMPOraL on Sunday April 15, 2018 @08:43AM (#16842419)
Yes, kitchen is a half-assed organic chemistry lab for doing what's basically alchemy.
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Re:Trillions of Viruses Fall from the Sky Each Day by adrianN on Sunday April 15, 2018 @02:35AM (#16841550)
Given that bacteria and viruses existed for billions of years...
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