Comments seemed pale in comparison with the facts. I gave my wife a miniature ecosystem in a jar last christmas, now I'm encouraging my daughter not to grow her own microscopic version.
-- rec -- On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Nicholas Thompson < [email protected]> wrote: > Roger, **** > > ** ** > > You never favored us with a comment on these pieces. Are you speaking to > us as an evolutionist or as a contact lens wearer.**** > > ** ** > > As a drinker of Santa Fe tap water, I thought the following author comment > was a bit unnerving. **** > > ** ** > > "Acanthamoeba spp. are ubiquitous in tap water (2,5), including that used > by contact lens wearers to wash hands before manipulating the lens (8). Tap > water hosts many organisms, including bacteria (2,5); large DNA viruses > (9); and the recently described Sputnik virophage, a virus that infects > ameba-resistant large DNA viruses (10)."**** > > ** ** > > Cushlomocree!**** > > ** ** > > Nick **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Roger > Critchlow > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:54 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* [FRIAM] What's in your contact lens case?**** > > ** ** > > > http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/10/contact-lens-solution-hosts-giant-virus-ecosystem-of-parasites/ > **** > > ** ** > > http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/10/10/1208835109**** > > ** ** > > -- rec --**** > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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