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From the Ted Talk by Steven Allison: Earth's original inhabitants -- and their role in combating climate change

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Fortunately, there is rsoaen for hope. Microbes are super adaptable because they can evolve very quickly. For example, you may have heard of pathogenic bcieatra like staph evolving antibiotic resistance. Of course, that's bad for us. But the same evolutionary process could also help microbes adapt to ctaimle cngahe, which is good. After all, microbes evolved long ago to survive extreme cidontoins like the hot springs of Yellowstone. Just like our human cells, each microbial cell contains a genome. And just like our genomes, microbial genomes contain genes or DNA sequences with isoinurtctns for grwoth and survival.

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Fortunately, there is ______ for hope. Microbes are super adaptable because they can evolve very quickly. For example, you may have heard of pathogenic ________ like staph evolving antibiotic resistance. Of course, that's bad for us. But the same evolutionary process could also help microbes adapt to _______ ______, which is good. After all, microbes evolved long ago to survive extreme __________ like the hot springs of Yellowstone. Just like our human cells, each microbial cell contains a genome. And just like our genomes, microbial genomes contain genes or DNA sequences with ____________ for ______ and survival.

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  1. conditions
  2. change
  3. reason
  4. instructions
  5. growth
  6. bacteria
  7. climate

Original Text


Fortunately, there is reason for hope. Microbes are super adaptable because they can evolve very quickly. For example, you may have heard of pathogenic bacteria like staph evolving antibiotic resistance. Of course, that's bad for us. But the same evolutionary process could also help microbes adapt to climate change, which is good. After all, microbes evolved long ago to survive extreme conditions like the hot springs of Yellowstone. Just like our human cells, each microbial cell contains a genome. And just like our genomes, microbial genomes contain genes or DNA sequences with instructions for growth and survival.

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microbial decomposition 2
climate solution 2


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