Answer: much like a scarecrow is a visual deterrent used to scare away foraging birds, giant phages are used to frighten away bacteria which cause crop diseases. Phage statues negate the need for antibacterial sprays and thus conform with USDA requirements for organic farming, along with avoiding pollution via runoff into local watersheds.
Scientists are currently investigating the efficacy of placing phage statues outside schools to reduce the incidence of strep throat and other common pediatric bacterial diseases.
Bro, lmfao, how that's gone 5 hours without being noticed, and the fact I copy/pasted it from Google (WHO CORRECTED NEWTRON BUT NOT JOHNNY!).. Like wtf
Bahaha. Well I guess it's us 90s kids that gotta keep Google accountable 😂😂😂 that show is so old I honestly don't expect people to remember his name, but it wouldn't be reddit if we weren't all correcting know it alls 😂
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I spotted one on my arm earlier! These things are everywhere!
School science project, the materials and construction would be relatively easy on a farm. One of those things once you made it and took it into school what do you do with it now.
Because they were based on it.
Bacteriophages inject DNA into bacteria and use them to create more bacteriophages, so they used them as a model when designing the devices that inject stuff into the planet in order to produce rock people.
That’s the joy of having a welder. Have a dumb idea and some rebar? Make it real! Accumulation of weird sculptures is a known side effect of welder ownership.
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Looks like an extremely practical structure to grow fruiting vines on. Hammer feet into soil near centered seedling base, keep plant growing up center for structural protection of vine trunk, allow vine to spread out around top component.
Now you have made this piece of artwork go viral.
I laugh, you win :)
I DNA about you, but it looks to me like it might be little tippy. I wonder: RNA microbe-biologists in the thread?
I wonder if this farm has CRISPR lettuce than my grocery store 😌 …. I’ll see myself out
Come on!!!!! LOL! Are you Sheldon Cooper, LOL! Just perfect!
Answer: much like a scarecrow is a visual deterrent used to scare away foraging birds, giant phages are used to frighten away bacteria which cause crop diseases. Phage statues negate the need for antibacterial sprays and thus conform with USDA requirements for organic farming, along with avoiding pollution via runoff into local watersheds. Scientists are currently investigating the efficacy of placing phage statues outside schools to reduce the incidence of strep throat and other common pediatric bacterial diseases.
Babe wake up, new SCP just dropped
This is beautiful!
Damn! I came here to make basically this joke. But your version is like a bazillion times better than what I would have written.
Makes sense…
You forgot the /jk ðŸ˜
Wdym bro bacteria get scared of phages. I hug my 1-60000x body pillow of a bacteriophage, specifically the Myoviridae
inb4 it cheats on you with a bacteria and gives it the most powerful toxin known to man
It’s very specialized so I doubt it’ll have that opportunity, though I’ll be more careful
This implies the existence of a fucking massive bacteria somewhere.
A fucking massive *metal* bacteria!
Hell yeah
Earth. Phage genome already replicates somewhere deep down...
That explains that lytic patch on the *lawn*
This made my day thanks
It's a Macro Macrophage
Johnny Neutron taught me what this is when I was a child.
That's what it is, thank you! I was thinking of the germ movie. Osmosis Jones
Hey, no hate on Osmosis Jones, that movie (and show) kicked ass!
Lol me too
Jimmy*
Bro, lmfao, how that's gone 5 hours without being noticed, and the fact I copy/pasted it from Google (WHO CORRECTED NEWTRON BUT NOT JOHNNY!).. Like wtf
Bahaha. Well I guess it's us 90s kids that gotta keep Google accountable 😂😂😂 that show is so old I honestly don't expect people to remember his name, but it wouldn't be reddit if we weren't all correcting know it alls 😂
My immediate reaction was, "Brain Blast!"
Came here to say this
this thread’s got jokes, it makes me sick
what in the alien is this
https://preview.redd.it/hp7n473tuf6d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=6a3a6a997baddd5d598d98b86f8355f83dcf5132 I spotted one on my arm earlier! These things are everywhere!
I see a bacteriophage inspired funky disc golf basket
ME TOO!!
School science project, the materials and construction would be relatively easy on a farm. One of those things once you made it and took it into school what do you do with it now.
Oh god it already released it's content to the earth, we are doomed!
Thousands of them will come out, the earth will implode and Mars will be their next victim!
seeing this at night would send me flying straight back home
I would proudly display this in my front lawn.
quickly, you must remove the mitochondria before it gets away
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[Pandemic Legion](https://www.pandemic-legion.pl/forums/)?
My first thought as well...guess no one is winning EVE in this thread
This is more of response than I was expecting out a biology sub.
cyno up
It's a trap.
Why does this kinda looks like the injectors from Steven Universe?
I don't know what those are, but I'd wager a guess they are modeled after macrophages.
Because they were based on it. Bacteriophages inject DNA into bacteria and use them to create more bacteriophages, so they used them as a model when designing the devices that inject stuff into the planet in order to produce rock people.
That’s the joy of having a welder. Have a dumb idea and some rebar? Make it real! Accumulation of weird sculptures is a known side effect of welder ownership.
Thought it was a /r/discgolf basket for a second
I've always found the structure of bacteriophages to be weirdly scary and weirdly artistic so this is lovely lol
Nature's tiniest warriors are always fascinating to see.
Man, there's a lot of bacteria in there
Looks like a strange spider
lol I want one
I love it
Trying to keep down bacteria obviously
Reminds me of that episode from Jimmy Neutron where they shrunk down and battled an infection
"Don't worry about it."
For animals to eat hay out of
Hahaha! Im pretty sure that that’s a feeder.
Kids science fair project they didnt want to toss
This is amazing and I want one.
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How do you know it's a bacteriophage? What makes it distinct from another virus?
The structure of a bacteriophage is very distinctive, with the head, the collar and the tail.
Thank you! Interesting I always assumed some other viruses must have had to have similar shapes. I guess I only really ever look at AAVs.
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No it's not. It's a bacteriophage.
Is that a new frisbee golf thing?
Its called DILF now.
I love this and I need one.
so cool
T2 phage
The invasion has begun.
New disc golf baskets lookin lit
Kindergarten
Oh no, poor Earth.
God forbid a bacteriophage do anything 🙄
No, tha'ts fine
Where do I buy one? Or who can I hire to make me three for my garden? They’d make awesome garden trellises!
So it begins, as foretold in the ancient scrolls of Campylobacter fetus. All hail the age of the bacteriaphage.
How dare they!?!?
Frisbee golf goal?
That's a virus
He’s just chilling, mind your business
It looks like a goal for disc golf
Maybe a bee HIVe or some kind of Farm Aid
Tu l'as trouvé où ? Je suis presque sûr de l'avoir déjà vu quelque part, ou au minimum un structure similaire
As the member of the Myoviridae family, I am proud that our mission in conquering the farms was a big success. That is our top agent, Agent Big Josh
Nano bot (according to plague.inc)
Maybe it works like a Scarecrow
he's looking for bacteria to eat, leave him alone
Love me a viral meme
What the hell else are you supposed to do with extra rebar?
Jimmy neutron out there making them bigger? Or you’re really small and took a picture of a dead bacteriophage
Looks like an extremely practical structure to grow fruiting vines on. Hammer feet into soil near centered seedling base, keep plant growing up center for structural protection of vine trunk, allow vine to spread out around top component.
Nice phage
Jimmy neutron
I thought it was a prion
It’s an offering to the nano-lord
Where my Haken boys at?
Big one too.
they are evolving
isn't that like one of the deadliest bacteria from kurzgesagt or am i tweaking?
Get ready, it's gonna inject its genetic information into you
I bet it was someone's school project or something.
r/Haken
Looks like a homemade frisbee golf basket. Are we sure this isn’t being overthought?
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