genuinely like. The gekiso skills on character cards + snapshots are very important-- its not just a matter of picking the most leveled up one πππ
@lustforxanax Since you're a med student, I would really hope that instead of finding issuing thousands of inaccurate, false, or voided results to real patients akin to being a 'hobby,' that you just don't know the entire scope of Theranos' and Holmes' impact.
So there's Bacteria and Archaea right? But because Archaea weren't discovered until the 80s... a lot of them still have the -bacterium suffix.... they're literally larping as bacteria
My thoughts on this as someone working to get their microbiology degree:
The consensus at the moment is that simple viruses did predate LUCA. An important thing to note is that LUCA wasn't the only microbe at the time, it was in an ecosystem at a vent in the ocean with many
A proposed theory is that viruses predated or are remnants of the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) billions of years ago before LUCA split into the bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotic domains.
Also to the other person in the replies. Viruses are biological, but not alive. If you cannot replicate or metabolize on your own, you are, by definition, not alive.
other tiny microbes and other biological molecules. LUCA had advantageous traits: a lipid bilayer cell membrane, DNA, and ribosomes for transcription and translation. Even K and Na ion pumps to regulate osmotic pressure.
To say viruses are a remnant of LUCA is a bit misleading; a more accurate remnant would be deep-branched lineages of bacteria and archaea. They're usually simple hyperthermophiles that live in extreme temperatures (i.e. ocean thermal vents)
So there's Bacteria and Archaea right? But because Archaea weren't discovered until the 80s... a lot of them still have the -bacterium suffix.... they're literally larping as bacteria