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This problem asks us a simple question.
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Do bacteria grow faster in the laboratory or do they grow faster in nature? before we get into the depths of this problem, i want to remind you that only some bacteria can be cultured in laboratory.
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There's lots and lots of bacteria over 90 % that can't be successfully cultured in the lab and that grow in nature just fine.
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But here we'll focus on bacteria that can be cultured in laboratory so that we can make a comparison.
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For a microbe, life in the lab is pretty simple.
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A lot of microbes are grown in pure culture, which just means that there is only one type of microorganism that is allowed to grow in a test tube or in a petri dish, whereas in nature, we find that there are mixed microbial colonies that involve many, many different types of microbial life.
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In those colonies, microbes are constantly going to be working together.
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In symbiosis, maybe sharing nutrients or giving each other wastes.
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And they're also going to be in competition for resources...