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Microbiologist Dan Buckley joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about microbiology. What’s the fastest known bacteria? Is the zombie fungi from “The Last Of Us” realistic? Why is cat poop is dangerous for pregnant people? How did metal-eating bacteria come about? How does horizontal gene transfer work? What microbes should we be most…

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Microbiologist Dan Buckley joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about microbiology. What’s the fastest known bacteria? Is the zombie fungi from “The Last Of Us” realistic? Why is cat poop is dangerous for pregnant people? How did metal-eating bacteria come about? How does horizontal gene transfer work? What microbes should we be most concerned about? Dan Buckley answers these questions and many more await on WIRED Microbiology Support.

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Dan Buckley
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eusteche
Sound Mixer: Gabe Quiroga
Production Assistant: Cerina Shippey
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

0:00 Microbiology Support
0:13 Brain-eating amoebas?
0:59 Flatulence and gut health
2:27 The Dancing Pinhead Microbes
2:46 Are we human or are we microbe?
3:27 The fastest bacteria
4:15 Predatory bacteria
5:17 Bacteria on the move
6:31 The Last Of Us fungi: Real or No
7:26 The microbe that scares this expert the most
8:18 Metal eating bacteria
9:23 Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
10:55 Microwaves and bacteria
11:59 Extremophiles
12:58 Bacteria vs. Virus vs. Fungus
13:50 Magnet bacteria, how do they work?
14:57 Subway poles and you: Partners in cleanliness
16:30 We Love Tardigrades
17:03 Why cat poop is dangerous for pregnant people
18:01 [Romantic Music playing]
18:28 Horizontal gene transfer
19:29 The biggest bacteria
19:54 Gut creature cravings
20:48 Fecal transplants, sure
21:56 What is it that you do here
22:41 Martian microbes
23:42 Phone screens vs toilets
24:35 Beneficial microbes
25:33 …knowing what they know
26:20 Unanswered questions about microbes
27:23 Do bacteria mostly smell the same?

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195 Comments

195 Comments

  1. @bryanquick3349

    September 17, 2024 at 8:07 pm

    This cat’s actual Egon haircut is an inspiration. He realized that he literally did collect molds, bacteria and fungi and knew what he had to do

  2. @msjanicen

    September 17, 2024 at 8:16 pm

    I thought the head of a pin was the not-pointy end… Very fun watch!

  3. @shakeyj4523

    September 17, 2024 at 8:20 pm

    The head of a pin is the other end. LOL That was the tip.

  4. @frantastika

    September 17, 2024 at 8:27 pm

    Fascinating! thank you so much 🙂

  5. @johnrigler8858

    September 17, 2024 at 8:27 pm

    I had to quit teaching because my students made me feel like I was infected with brain-eating amoebae!

  6. @trevorwilliams5687

    September 17, 2024 at 8:29 pm

    The “head of a pin” is the BLUNT end, so surely the answer should be something like 10e9 (a billion) dancing bacterial cells, shouldn’t it?

  7. @magstheonlyone

    September 17, 2024 at 8:38 pm

    In essence, we are just a bunch of cells fighting another group of cells until we die

  8. @patrickkillian1072

    September 17, 2024 at 8:42 pm

    He doesn’t know the difference between the head of a pin and the point of a pin?

  9. @mother722

    September 17, 2024 at 8:45 pm

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  10. @Killem-Dafoe

    September 17, 2024 at 8:46 pm

    This guy is probably a blast at parties

  11. @lowbudgetmic

    September 17, 2024 at 8:52 pm

    Bio intro 😎😮🤔💛🍑🌎

  12. @michaelcollins701

    September 17, 2024 at 8:55 pm

    Bro just ended the evolutionary debate forever. O2 producing bacteria came first. Life could never be possible if it wasn’t for cyanobacteria.

  13. @THEchiQ

    September 17, 2024 at 8:56 pm

    The head of a pin is around a square millimetre. He’s talking about the wrong end.

  14. @caseystyer2996

    September 17, 2024 at 9:06 pm

    Tell us about the bacteria that poops gold

  15. @Stunnaz84

    September 17, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    I don’t think I needed to know about fecal transplant, that would be a blender a brand new blender that will be getting thrown away lol omfg

  16. @platynowa

    September 17, 2024 at 9:22 pm

    Toxoplasma is quite rare now.

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  26. @jd83241

    September 18, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    while it cant infect humans in this way, it could be engineered to bypass its own normal function making the scenario in the last of us possible.

  27. @rishavjain5087

    September 18, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    Geosmin is a beautiful name❤

  28. @hawkins347

    September 18, 2024 at 1:07 pm

    8:20 I’ll be damned, zurks are real

  29. @myuniemew

    September 18, 2024 at 1:24 pm

    22:41 Martian abiogenesis…

  30. @ML-qj7eb

    September 18, 2024 at 2:10 pm

    bro I learned more in this video than in a whole year in biology.

  31. @prdoyle

    September 18, 2024 at 2:43 pm

    2:36 He’s talking about the point of the pin. The head of the pin is the other end.

  32. @jerrywood4508

    September 18, 2024 at 2:44 pm

    I found this fascinating, but I wish he hadn’t anthropomorphized the micro-organisms. People get weird ideas about non-sentient things by thinking that something ‘wants’ or is ‘trying.’

  33. @julietfreeman3392

    September 18, 2024 at 3:27 pm

    Third secret Green brother

  34. @George1789

    September 18, 2024 at 3:39 pm

    I never cared about microbiology until I got into the aquarium hobby. All hail microbes bc if someone washes my filter with tap water I will cry hahah

  35. @Taithland

    September 18, 2024 at 3:56 pm

    Thank you Trump for pushing operation warp speed and to the microbiologist that were part of that operation to get us that vaccine.

  36. @Calibz

    September 18, 2024 at 4:09 pm

    Why would they not ask him about probiotics….too controversial for WIRED?

  37. @francescopessina9400

    September 18, 2024 at 4:21 pm

    6:30 thumbnail question

  38. @roberthill724

    September 18, 2024 at 4:23 pm

    The “head of a pin” is not the pointy side.

  39. @arrowhead4229

    September 18, 2024 at 4:53 pm

    Thought i was getting rick rolled at first glance

  40. @shaggycan

    September 18, 2024 at 5:05 pm

    Discovering flatulence was flammable was the single funniest discovery of my entire life. I was literally in pain the next day because I laughed so hard.

  41. @shaggycan

    September 18, 2024 at 5:18 pm

    Pretty much any process in the universe can be reduced to the movement of electrons to be fair.

  42. @VanishingPoint.

    September 18, 2024 at 5:28 pm

    He put on a decent presentation. I feel he was verbose & tried to connect to the audience.

  43. @NekoMouser

    September 18, 2024 at 5:42 pm

    I assume it’s been pointed out that the head of the pin is not the pointy end, but the other, larger side that you push on or strike to push the pin in?

  44. @I.Fumblebee.I

    September 18, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    Gyosmin? Giosmin whatever it’s written like. Is it petrichor? I thought that smell was petrichor

  45. @neonloneliness1

    September 18, 2024 at 6:05 pm

    love how he called non-pandemic times “off season” for microbiologists🙂
    ALSO HE REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF HANK GREEN!!!

  46. @ExhaustedOwl

    September 18, 2024 at 6:48 pm

    New Zealand has a natural hot spring called “Kerosene Creek”. Living in that water is naegleria fowleri, brain eating amoeba. Despite that, people swim in it all the time – they just keep their head above water.

  47. @OrrBiologicals

    September 18, 2024 at 8:50 pm

    I love mcirobiology

  48. @OrrBiologicals

    September 18, 2024 at 9:02 pm

    Mesophiles

  49. @steph_dreams_

    September 18, 2024 at 9:10 pm

    Haven’t finished but the explanation of antibiotic evolution was way over simplified to the degree of being completely wrong- maybe combat and competition began as a primary driver of antibiotics, but very quickly it became used as communication and to identify and coordinate interspecies communities of bacteria and other microbes

  50. @Opalgal

    September 18, 2024 at 9:17 pm

    Amazing video! Dr. Buckley and Hank Green sound so similar! I thought this was Hank at first before I saw it wasn’t him haha

  51. @hah.365

    September 19, 2024 at 9:32 am

    Who’s gonna tell him the pointy end isn’t the head of the pin…?

  52. @tajtaylor9685

    September 19, 2024 at 10:44 am

    Who else thinks he looks like Michael Cera?

  53. @hattree

    September 19, 2024 at 10:46 am

    Um, the head of a pin is not the pointy end.

  54. @alexlloyd3850

    September 19, 2024 at 10:58 am

    5:20 I always explain chemotaxis to my class with an example of me trying to find the pizza party going on. I smell pizza. I go over here, I smell the pizza less. I go closer to the pizza, I smell the pizza more. I keep going towards the stronger smell of pizza.

  55. @Oogly

    September 19, 2024 at 11:03 am

    The head of a pin is not the pointy bit

  56. @Faltzerbeast90

    September 19, 2024 at 11:05 am

    Anti vaxxers would be IMMEDIATELY LINING UP if they created one for the fungus/rabies mutated infection 😂

  57. @Sederiq

    September 19, 2024 at 11:12 am

    There are organisms that can eat Ura-a-anium… Phew… 😀

  58. @Bulldogg6404

    September 19, 2024 at 11:56 am

    Today I learned, microbial dark matter is _not necessarily_ fecal.

  59. @MoDavison

    September 19, 2024 at 1:23 pm

    😅ICU nurse here. I’m so glad someone else notices the smell of pseudomonas

  60. @Moldybentobox

    September 19, 2024 at 1:28 pm

    Wired knows I have a microbio exam on Friday

  61. @merlinthegray

    September 19, 2024 at 1:38 pm

    Rover Suede was a clever way of sneaking in Roe VS Wade into this video.

  62. @Jottso

    September 19, 2024 at 1:55 pm

    I didn’t know Christopher Walken was aging backwards. Or that he was a microbiologist

  63. @azrahnvazkor4597

    September 19, 2024 at 2:24 pm

    pregnant people? lol

  64. @meganmcnamara4809

    September 19, 2024 at 3:21 pm

    This guy is definitely Hank and John Green coded

  65. @averybell4273

    September 19, 2024 at 3:41 pm

    Cool 50s haircut

  66. @Martinit0

    September 19, 2024 at 3:43 pm

    Bro explained the smell of soil after rain!

  67. @Wizofawes

    September 19, 2024 at 3:52 pm

    For next time, what’s he best way to promote life in our soil in the garden? Tia

    • @Wizofawes

      September 19, 2024 at 5:50 pm

      Also, how does kibble effect the microbiom? What grows on airplants out of the soil? What is the best (in your opinion) bacteria/virus?

  68. @waymonstoltz5001

    September 19, 2024 at 6:16 pm

    He didn’t explain viruses 13:34

  69. @raamissalman3444

    September 19, 2024 at 6:24 pm

    I just took Microbiology as my major and I have to say I’m even more invested in it now

  70. @rdoes6696

    September 19, 2024 at 6:46 pm

    14:55 anyone find the video he’s talking about? I want to check that out.

  71. @missteeny1638

    September 19, 2024 at 7:06 pm

    Pyrococcus Furiosis is just about the coolest name for an organism ever

  72. @thefrolickinglime

    September 19, 2024 at 7:34 pm

    Why did my brain read the ‘fungus realistic’ tweet as ‘fungalistic’ lol

  73. @sdmitch16

    September 19, 2024 at 7:35 pm

    7:01 “But insects are cold blooded”
    In The Last of Us they mentioned their planet was warming causing fungus to adapt to warmer environments, potentially allowing the fungus to live inside warmer host.

  74. @filipcolumbeanu5447

    September 19, 2024 at 8:01 pm

    He looks like if he got infected by cordiceps, he would start calling everybody “butthead”

  75. @MorganChaos

    September 19, 2024 at 8:49 pm

    When I learned some facts about microbes, I, too, was like “how am I ever going to do anything ever again?” But I very quickly reasoned that yes, these things were true, but they had been true my entire life and had yet to kill me, so there was no reason to panic. Just maybe to be a little grossed out, lol.

  76. @Eveseptir

    September 20, 2024 at 10:44 pm

    I really like this expert. If he has a youtube, I’d subscribe.

  77. @BarrettIda-z5u

    September 20, 2024 at 10:50 pm

    Lizzie Ramp

  78. @onlinecitizen3266

    September 21, 2024 at 12:55 am

    Unfortunate he didn’t touch on the climate change thing regarding Last of Us fungi. I thought that was the cleverest bit in the tv show – the talk show guy offering a plausible sounding reason why cortecepts could make the jump to humans. But, c’est la vie.

  79. @Theorangecrushgamer

    September 21, 2024 at 2:08 am

    Is bacteria self aware?

  80. @TroyShelley-m3m

    September 21, 2024 at 2:19 am

    Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.

  81. @israelquiroz7245

    September 21, 2024 at 2:28 am

    Sooo… turner falls roadtrip?

  82. @guillaumegermain4951

    September 21, 2024 at 2:35 am

    Just an errata. Bacteria don’t “try” to evolve to new conditions. They just do , like every living organism. Some new variants happening to be more resistant to antibiotics will have a competitive advantage, and after enough rounds of such random adaptations, they will be progressively more resistant until the antibiotic becomes close to harmless for these new strains

  83. @zishikalyan

    September 21, 2024 at 5:51 am

    i knew it was NOT a good idea to watch this while eating

  84. @sleepingcity85

    September 21, 2024 at 7:08 am

    As far as i read it several times, bacteria cells are about 10x smaller than human cells, not a whooping 1000 times. So….

  85. @philasandedlamini9469

    September 21, 2024 at 10:15 am

    A bit big for a Micro-Biologist

  86. @AllenHanPR

    September 21, 2024 at 10:27 am

    Never realized a nerd could tell me a scary story better than any movie ive seen.

  87. @hayleyabell7481

    September 21, 2024 at 11:21 am

    omg! did not expect to see my professor in my recommended on youtube lmao yes for anyone wondering he is just as cool in real life and is a great teacher !!

  88. @CyanogenEstimate

    September 21, 2024 at 12:55 pm

    Lopez Angela Rodriguez Laura Jackson Carol

  89. @fesimco4339

    September 21, 2024 at 1:14 pm

    Knows lot about microbes; doesn’t know what the head of a pin is.

  90. @sleepyhyrule6894

    September 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    It depends entirely how aggressive the fungus is. How long does it lay dormant with minimal symptoms before people start to change. If society collapsed before we could develop a strong enough anti-parasitic, it could totally go down like the last of us.

  91. @ItsAsparageese

    September 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    Summer is amoeba season! Virtually 100% lethal, but 100% preventable. Never force non-sterile water up your nose!!!

  92. @nickanthropocene6502

    September 21, 2024 at 2:30 pm

    Hank I know that’s you

  93. @haydennicole178

    September 21, 2024 at 4:01 pm

    Watching this while eating Mac n cheese feels a bit off putting

  94. @Kisoku

    September 21, 2024 at 4:47 pm

    Haven’t there been cases where fungi has been growing in the bloodstream of a human? Like stupid humans injecting the mycelium in their veing hoping to be high and then the fungi started growing in their blood and causing problems?

  95. @357Maxim

    September 21, 2024 at 4:52 pm

    Thanks Dan ! Really fascinating !

  96. @marigeobrien

    September 21, 2024 at 5:35 pm

    Um… I know Dan Buckley is really smart but… well, the ‘head’ of a pin is the flat part, or the round part, depending on the pin. But definitely the part you hold. Dan is showing the point of a pin.

  97. @ВалерьянТянников

    September 21, 2024 at 5:44 pm

    White Michelle Hall Brenda Lee Jessica

  98. @theatheearthkiller5281

    September 21, 2024 at 6:20 pm

    That’s not the head of the pin.

  99. @Danenos

    September 21, 2024 at 6:44 pm

    Really interesting and important information that I wish people were less resistant to. Also Mr.Buckley’s punch perm is amazing

  100. @meinsouza

    September 21, 2024 at 6:49 pm

    Im pretty sure I’ve heard a Norwegian metal band called “Pyrococcus furiosus”

  101. @stewcoil2481

    September 21, 2024 at 9:55 pm

    That C Diff is no joke. My potassium got to 1.6 (3.5 is low) and I couldn’t walk. 4 days in ICU. I lost 5 stone over the next 2 years and got a 2.4 potassium level with partial liver failure indicated by ascites on the second round. Over a year now and all is good. Gaining weight and no ascites (they waited 6 months to give me a paracentesis for some reason),. The intrusion of the ascites through my diaphragm into my chest cavity wasn’t good enough for them to give me a paracentesis, which is recommended by the NIH for all new cases of ascites. I got a hernia 6 months later as the ascites penetrated my abdomen. Then the emergency room doctor recommended a paracentesis which cured the ascites.

  102. @sije.

    September 21, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    “the tube goes where the sun don’t shine” 21:44

  103. @sije.

    September 21, 2024 at 10:05 pm

    21:44 “the tube goes where the sun don’t shine”

  104. @akukelilipan

    September 21, 2024 at 11:46 pm

    What kind of latin pronunciation is that? A microbiologist in his own petri dish?

  105. @ram00_

    September 22, 2024 at 12:41 am

    The editing on these videos is so frustrating. I feel like you cut him off at the most interesting points and condensed what he was saying to where it barely makes sense anymore. Wish there was an unedited version

  106. @bleeploughly6311

    September 22, 2024 at 8:32 am

    i mean this in the most respectful way but every single person in this series looks like their job, if that makes sense. like, there was a rollercoaster engineer and i was like yeah that’s exactly how i expect a rollercoaster engineer to look. he looked intelligent, a little whimsical, idk. it’s so refreshing to see people genuinely enjoy what they do, this series is one of my favorites on youtube

  107. @ErvinandMFantasyFootball

    September 22, 2024 at 8:42 am

    18:21 ah yes, horizontal gene transfer, now you’re speaking my language.

  108. @ErvinandMFantasyFootball

    September 22, 2024 at 8:53 am

    27:56 humans refer to this smell as petrichor.

  109. @MrWarlanc

    September 22, 2024 at 9:27 am

    hey wired . love watching you videos.. but i always watch at 3am, its call 3am video for people out there..maybe u might want it to change the background to slightly dark. u know what i mean

  110. @bstone011

    September 22, 2024 at 9:33 am

    Respect!!

  111. @My2Thumbs

    September 22, 2024 at 10:37 am

    24:10 Oh no… W…w…we eat sushi? In some resturnats, Japanese chefs pinch the wet towel to keep fingers wetting while making sushi rice. >_>;;

  112. @Gambrinus017

    September 22, 2024 at 1:16 pm

    I didn’t know Marc Summers had a younger brother.

  113. @M3Busssin

    September 22, 2024 at 4:46 pm

    3:27 LOL Rover Suede Roe Vs Wade

  114. @ricnyc2759

    September 22, 2024 at 6:46 pm

    I have a question about fungus that grows in humans or other animals. Like candida as an example.
    Do they have mycelium networks that connect “colonies”, or they are isolated microorganisms?

  115. @4hm35319hd0h5

    September 22, 2024 at 7:35 pm

    0:59
    27:57
    Really the only timestamps you need

  116. @KelloggRosalind-j3i

    September 22, 2024 at 9:08 pm

    Vinnie Vista

  117. @reino_knows

    September 23, 2024 at 6:25 am

    Fungus… 😂😂😂😅🎉

  118. @familiaestprimum

    September 23, 2024 at 7:39 am

    If Hank Green qualified 😂

  119. @arose788

    September 23, 2024 at 10:28 am

    If he had been my Biology teacher in high school or my professor in college, I would have actually liked science …

  120. @KOOKMON1

    September 23, 2024 at 11:18 am

    I hope it’s not too real because I just bought coffee with this ingredient in it.

  121. @msiva

    September 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm

    Brilliant set of questions and responses. ❤

  122. @lleexxii

    September 23, 2024 at 2:00 pm

    Yo why does he really look like the most cookie cutter Christian man who ever existed

  123. @Jesus-oy1dw

    September 23, 2024 at 2:35 pm

    Is season two on the way ? I don’t feel like watching this whole video to find out

  124. @Reilaos

    September 23, 2024 at 3:06 pm

    The pointy end of a pin isn’t the head. 😔

  125. @tompieters9924

    September 23, 2024 at 3:40 pm

    As a lab student right now taking medical microbiology, This video makes me very happy bc I like to think I know a lot but this world always suprises me with more knowledge to be gained

  126. @cloh9756

    September 23, 2024 at 4:15 pm

    this was FACINATING

  127. @dgtlchild

    September 23, 2024 at 10:35 pm

    10:12 Waksman did not discover streptomycin. Albert Schatz did. Correct your video.

  128. @davesatxify

    September 23, 2024 at 11:59 pm

    hes very detail oriented but not a stick in the mud. thank you 🙂

  129. @AlbinoKiwi47

    September 24, 2024 at 12:46 am

    brain eating amoeba is an uncomfortable possibility near where i live in australia. im always stressed

  130. @mrflawless1165

    September 24, 2024 at 3:22 am

    Rick Astley does science. Nice.

  131. @ВалерьянТянников

    September 24, 2024 at 5:08 am

    Johnson Nancy Martinez Charles Williams Jeffrey

  132. @tomokochiba1891

    September 24, 2024 at 7:13 am

    Kazuma Kuwabara noone?

  133. @GreshamLilith

    September 24, 2024 at 11:39 am

    Rodriguez Mary Hall Shirley Miller Mark

  134. @ImInUrHd

    September 24, 2024 at 11:40 am

    The more I learn about bacteria and fungi, the less I’m convinced that we’re the most advanced species. We’re just bigger with thumbs.

  135. @CalidrisJZ

    September 24, 2024 at 12:04 pm

    Hydrogen sulfide doesn’t smell of rotten eggs, rotten eggs smell of hydrogen sulfide.

  136. @smithbob6276

    September 24, 2024 at 1:50 pm

    cornell professor👍

  137. @deky9171

    September 24, 2024 at 2:06 pm

    UwU

  138. @SvhVsjjd-x1g

    September 24, 2024 at 2:57 pm

    Rodriguez Scott Jones Brenda Brown Ronald

  139. @RaySingh87

    September 24, 2024 at 4:43 pm

    Is this guy a long-lost brother of John and Hank???????????????

  140. @Glamdeathh

    September 24, 2024 at 6:08 pm

    I am seriously confused about some of the questions, bc a lot of it was basic HS biology class type of stuff?

  141. @wolfjamba20

    September 24, 2024 at 6:38 pm

    hes hot

  142. @wangba

    September 24, 2024 at 8:14 pm

    Is he stoned?

  143. @Civ33

    September 25, 2024 at 12:41 am

    Him: “bdellovibrio bacteriovorus is the fastest bacteria”
    Me: “pfft, its a microbe, how fast could it be?”

    *V6 engine noises*

  144. @EffenVodkha

    September 25, 2024 at 1:26 am

    He sounded like like Christopher Walken when he was talking about microbes ‘traveling down’ around 14:00 😂

  145. @leow3696

    September 25, 2024 at 1:32 am

    I love how he has the outfit and haircut of a 50s sitcom dad.

  146. @mrxxin

    September 25, 2024 at 2:44 am

    Fantastic set of questions and responses tbf

  147. @snizer11

    September 25, 2024 at 1:06 pm

    I learn a lot in 28 minutes. Thank u

  148. @luckystriker7489

    September 25, 2024 at 3:33 pm

    02:27 the head of a pin is the non-pointy end of a pin (the fat, blunt end), but I don’t expect a microbiologist to be an expert in needlework

  149. @YutaBLv

    September 25, 2024 at 6:14 pm

    He’s wrong, the Fungal infection in Last of Us caused by cordyceps is a possibility, as the Earth warms up and human body temperature decreases the fungi also evolves to withstand rising temperatures. It is unlikely we’ll see this type of infection in the next 100,000 years but human activities can exacerbate rising temperatures.

  150. @tatyanafilatova1341

    September 25, 2024 at 6:20 pm

    I didn’t expect that the video would end so soon. So interesting!!

  151. @brentdadula7986

    September 25, 2024 at 8:38 pm

    UR EVAN BUCKLEY’S BROTHER 😯😂

  152. @oguiarcanjo

    September 26, 2024 at 12:17 am

    Never gonna give me up.

  153. @csc1

    September 26, 2024 at 4:40 am

    Great video! One comment: bacteria that become antibiotics-resistant mainly do this with the help of mini-chromosomes (plasmids) that are easily transferred between the individuals; plasmids contain one, or several genes that make bacterium resistant against one or more fungi. This is not a process that the bacterium decides on (which you seem to suggest) ; it is evolution and natural selection in action! In contrast to decision making, Evolution has no goal or direction. Only the bacteria that have taken up the right plasmid (by coincidence) will manage to survive. On top of that, these plasmids can recombine too, so they can contain half a dozen anti-fungal genes, making them multiresistant. Since bacteria can replicate every 20 minutes (under optimal conditions) we see evolution happening in front of our eyes!

  154. @mollycollins2125

    September 26, 2024 at 2:17 pm

    never thought microbiology could be this interesting

  155. @DaniloShub-u5t

    September 26, 2024 at 6:30 pm

    Brown Maria Jones Jessica Miller Kevin

  156. @TomiTapio

    September 26, 2024 at 7:09 pm

    Tip of pin: 2000 nm. Small virus (yes a microbe): 60 nm.

  157. @jonathanseibert8832

    September 26, 2024 at 8:33 pm

    I just started the video. If he’s asked about the last of us situation and doesn’t reference the mushroom that was growing out of the frog in India, he’s not good at his job.

    Previous belief was that body temps are too high for fungus to propagate in. That frog blew a lot of people’s minds and thoughts on that

  158. @endersender350

    October 1, 2024 at 5:08 am

    Very interesting stuff

  159. @daninickel

    October 1, 2024 at 8:34 am

    MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

  160. @cmikerack9296

    October 1, 2024 at 8:42 am

    by coronavirus u mean the engineered one that was released as a political weapon by the governments in 2019 right ? ”incident”

  161. @Valfothr

    October 1, 2024 at 11:50 am

    So what you’re saying is, we’re closer to a Left 4 Dead scenario than we are to The Last of Us

  162. @forte_

    October 1, 2024 at 1:10 pm

    21:49 I’ve actually had C. Diff before. Not fun. If you’re having liquid poops that smell like Satan’s armpits accompanied by crippling stomach pain you may want to get tested

  163. @elwitkauesa4148

    October 1, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    😊😊😊😊😊 One of my best days of my life. Don’t axe me how or why is it so. 😅 💚💚💚💚💚💚

  164. @katherinerichardson2273

    October 1, 2024 at 7:20 pm

    good thing I don’t have a brain and I can’t swim so I never drive off a cliff I never get them my brain eating amoeba cuz I ain’t got no brain

  165. @katherinerichardson2273

    October 1, 2024 at 7:22 pm

    broccoli and it’s relatives also make sulphur

  166. @katherinerichardson2273

    October 1, 2024 at 7:29 pm

    Fascinating! and I thought fungi was cool

  167. @katherinerichardson2273

    October 1, 2024 at 7:37 pm

    most household cats don’t even have toxoplasma and all you got to do is wash your hands or shoot wear gloves and wash your hands

  168. @averageinternetenjoyer1

    October 1, 2024 at 9:31 pm

    I need him so bad

  169. @ryhuz

    October 2, 2024 at 1:44 am

    21:45 that’s a great reintroduction technique 😂

  170. @Jmw357

    October 2, 2024 at 3:40 am

    I know he had to get off the Internet reading idiots talk about Covid as if they understand virology.

  171. @sipundanta8628

    October 2, 2024 at 4:22 am

    22:35 Off season?? 😂😂

  172. @andrewhuestis9009

    October 2, 2024 at 1:17 pm

    So when I was on antibiotics I got oral thrush and my doc said it was because my microbiome was damaged by it and candida grew out of control, so I think now I kinda get it

  173. @algoenespanol

    October 2, 2024 at 4:15 pm

    This hairstyle is giving Yuyu Hakusho

  174. @symbolguy3609

    October 2, 2024 at 11:42 pm

    6:32 The Last of Us question

  175. @thealethiaco

    October 3, 2024 at 5:48 am

    Pregnant with all 3 of my kids I changed the cat boxes. Ex husband refused to do it. All 3 kids are fine. Get your cat. lol 😂

  176. @fpsserbia6570

    October 3, 2024 at 7:36 am

    Uranium contains about 18 million kCal/gram

  177. @beefymcmanstick6249

    October 3, 2024 at 10:28 am

    Anyone else noticed this guy sounds like Christopher Walkens at times? LMAO.

  178. @Gwynbleidd_117

    October 3, 2024 at 1:08 pm

    The last of us fungus is literally cordyceps, which is real. The question should be is it realistic for it to jump to humans. And the truth is it is unlikely but not *impossible*

    • @OakenTome

      October 5, 2024 at 6:16 am

      It is unlikely to the point of functionally impossible.

  179. @SilkyLew

    October 3, 2024 at 2:10 pm

    Hopefully no lol

  180. @robien5063

    October 3, 2024 at 3:42 pm

    I don’t want to be that Guy but the microwave can’t kill microbes for the same reason It can’t kill ants, the wavelength is too long.

  181. @ThePerfectKagome

    October 3, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    When I was 16, I took an antibiotic without probiotics. I had to be rushed to the hospital for what we later found out was C. diff. We didn’t know what was causing my symptoms so lots of tests were done. It was one of many scary medical issues I’ve had, and made me learn to take probiotics whenever I am prescribed antibiotics.

  182. @milandujava6791

    October 3, 2024 at 9:56 pm

    I have absolutely no idea why I just watched it at 3 AM but I’m still grateful I did

  183. @notmandy

    October 4, 2024 at 9:37 am

    if you travel back in time, would the microbes you bring with you be invasive to that world?

  184. @Mrkoala2211

    October 4, 2024 at 10:51 am

    As a microbiology student, I have to correct the answer at 2:46 saying that the amount of microbial cell in a body is the same as the amount of human cell in our bodies : as cited in “20 Things you Didn’t Know About the Human gut Microbiome” doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000166 , “There are 10x the number of microbial cells in the human gut than in the whole human body, totaling roughly 100 trillion microbes representing as many as 5,000 different species and weighing approximately 2 kilograms.” I just find this fact so interesting and wanted to share it :))

  185. @ilyearer

    October 4, 2024 at 3:56 pm

    A bit disappointing they didn’t give him the context regarding why the Last of Us has cordyceps zombies in the first place. Would have been nice for him to address whether a single thing like rising global temperatures would be sufficient to allow for the adaptation to crodyceps to warmer blooded animals or if there are other biological barriers that effectively make it impossible.

  186. @Lvl1assassin

    October 4, 2024 at 6:52 pm

    But real question did he hear never give up?

  187. @BlackSheep_216

    October 4, 2024 at 11:56 pm

    That was so good!

  188. @jmcman6104

    October 5, 2024 at 12:38 am

    I wish there was a podcast version of this show that was like an hour long

  189. @tdman

    October 5, 2024 at 4:26 am

    When I first saw the thumbnail, I even thought it’s Sam Altmann.

  190. @Jamie_D

    October 5, 2024 at 10:37 am

    Interesting questions and answers 🙂

  191. @Mirahman8

    October 5, 2024 at 11:58 am

    They’re really fast. Phump phump! Haha

  192. @sathdk79

    October 5, 2024 at 4:16 pm

    butt-irate?

  193. @suncatblue

    October 5, 2024 at 6:44 pm

    Did you manipulate bacteria to produce that perfect head of hair?

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