6 Bacteria With Wild Superpowers

[@n-wordjim1724]

"Do you even lift?" -Gonorrhea

[@AntonyKarlytzky]

Top kek.

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

I think the more appropriate phrasing would be: "Do you even pull/tug?" - Gonorrhea "Duh, how the hell do you think I've managed to avoid you all these years?" - Male virgins.

[@beth8775]

Best use of that nonsense. Lol

[@Khepriem]

DISCLAIMER: Contracting Gonorrhea will not give you superhuman strength.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Zephyrus Auron there goes my weekend plans

[@dylanashley4102]

Zephyrus Auron has me dead

[@CONGTHEGUERILLA]

Speaking from experience?

[@LizardVideoDude]

Well, not usually. But 1 out of 100 times...

[@protoncoccus3229]

It REALLY sounded harmful... Help me, science class!

[@SlyPearTree]

I didn't think I'd get to see a video about how awesome gonorrhea is when I woke up this morning.

[@MacCoalieCoalson]

SlyPearTree lmao why is your pfp that guy who asked for child meat as his last meal

[@SlyPearTree]

Chromosome Extract I do not know who you are referring to but this is my own face. I do seem to have several doubles out there, once at a strip club a stripper approached my table looking really pissed off because she thought I was her brother. That was not the first time I was approached by peoples thinking I was someone else, heck I've seen a picture of "myself" on the web outside a PFK in a place I have never been wearing clothes I never wore. Edit: Okay, I found who you were referring too, that could be me younger, weighting a hundred pound more and being drunk or drugged out of my mind.

[@Kev376]

Yah... Awesome... until it's tugging on the inside of your wiener.

[@fajaradi1223]

Ah ... That grunt when you take pee pee. Gonorhea is the best.

[@andrewn8002]

*three years later* the more you know!

[@6anon]

'Just because something is tiny doesnt mean its not powerful' ill have to remind my girlfriend that next time i see her

[@smoking_hi5494]

yikes

[@arescet]

We shall sing of your wits sire, for as long as songs exist.

[@SayHelloHelli]

Short girls are beastly dude. This is no laughing matter.

[@umesstha4129]

HeyHay i think he was talking about his d*** size not his gf's height

[@jebolandutawacana]

Umes Stha, i think the same. I even wondered why others comment talk about her heigh.

[@bellajenkins5669]

As a dyslexic person , I really appreciate the different colours and fonts when the texts come up :) thanks.

[@marcusolang]

"These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours..." This statement, while talking about gonorrhea. I can't speak to whether it was intentional or purely coincidental, but this is, hands down, the best line in a SciShow script EVER.

[@eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812]

9:30 “Remember, just because something is tiny, that doesn’t mean it’s not powerful.” 😳

[@doornumb]

​@@eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812i have a chance

[@musclehank6067]

I once won an arm wrestle with 6 bacteria with awesome super powers

[@crisgon9552]

Muscle Hank I love you but you are taking all the thumbs up man. Leave us some Muscle Hank!!!

[@FBI-ov7lb]

I beat 6 bacteria with awesome superpowers in a weight lifting contest

[@AngelSamael]

Muscle Hank is in fact the strongest organism alive, both relative to body mass and absolute strength.

[@clayblob2]

You may of won the battle, but the bacteria won the war

[@RoundPi]

Hexo Helium Do you mean: the bacteria _will_ win the war.

[@craigmooring2091]

Sorry, but I would have to classify N. gonorrhoeae as a supervillain.

[@Quroe_]

*_You must construct additional pili._*

[@OEpistimon]

I was searching for this specific comment...

[@norielsylvire4097]

The factory must grow

[@vannahray9773]

I want in on the comment lol someone explain to me ? What does this mean ? Just curious.

[@ccggenius]

Heh, an STD that's peerless at marathon tugging sessions.

[@PunchAPeach]

Your comment is even funnier because your profile pic is Gene Starwind 😁

[@mikehuber4150]

"Aquifex already sounds like a superhero name". Yeah, a superhero that loses your social security information.

[@SonicXRage]

Breaking news: Millions of credit card numbers STOLEN from Aquifex! The CEO Of Aquifex expresses his commitment to the prevention of another hacker attack.

[@Master_Therion]

Marvel Studios should make movies for the MCU (Microbe Cinematic Universe)

[@massimookissed1023]

Master Therion , they could feature Tom Cruise, he's about the right size.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

The incredible gonorrhea

[@Master_Therion]

Bacteroides-Man. Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

[@shawneeg214]

An original funny comment you have my approval

[@crusaden2434]

am i the only one which has niticed that the narrator is a little wierd?

[@LexoG33]

I may be able to find a paper on one of these to use as the topic for my microbiology presentation. Thanks, SciShow!

[@TheReggaeMortis]

8:45 "These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours, and end up pulling ten times harder than when they started" LOL get on my level gonorrhea

[@chasesmith7826]

Michael! Yay, I'm way too excited. So happy to see you.

[@tawon1984]

I'm headed to the local brothel now to get some of that sweet Gonorrhea protein power.

[@kristensmith11]

Awesome.... These specific bacteria have changed my view about them completely.

[@angelaabeyta4849]

awesome video! our instructor for Microbiology shared it when discussing Deinococcus radiodurans.

[@zacm.2342]

"Gonorrhoea might just be superman's kryptonite, which is a sentence I have never said before" I had to restrain myself from laughing at that part 😂. Really good video regardless though, like that superglue one, and the thermophile one that can use oxygen. Information that I will likely never need in my life but really interesting and possibly useful in a pub quiz or something maybe, ta scishow.

[@Sturdy_Penguin]

I think I remember from my sex ed class in high school that Gonorrhea were super good at sticking to things so they wouldn't get flushed out of the urethra when one urinated...so they probably evolved that way to not get pissed out, if I had to bet on a theory.

[@lizerdspherex]

"Bacteria, they're never going to officially become a superhero". Leezle Pon is a intelligent smallpox virus and is a member of the Green Lantern Corp., while his enemy Despotellis is a sentient artificial virus that joined the Sinestro Corps.

[@fossilfighters101]

Lizerdspherex +

[@thatguy2377]

that's cool but bacteria and virus are different things

[@Tonatsi]

These guys are actually very smart. I a not talking about the content of the video, but did you know that they lengthened the video by using the full intro? Now it doesnt feel like they are trying to lengthen it, and we get a nice song too!

[@marcofreire]

Do a video about Bacteriophages. It will blow your mind.

[@adricortesia]

Honorable mention: Thermus aquaticus the hero of microbiology .. at least in the humble beginnings of PCR :)

[@AidanRatnage]

Who knew STDs themselves were marathon tuggers?

[@MilesDeighton1]

You can include good old fashioned c. botulinum which can be boiled in water and basically pheonix its way back into existence via spores

[@patrickmccurry1563]

The electricity producing bacteria are fascinating for being a potential way to power future devices. Feed it literal food and it recharges your phone battery.

[@SuryaTejaKarra]

Patrick McCurry so how many lootboxes should I buy for food?

[@jonasstrzyz2469]

Pretty sure that it would be extremely difficult to the point of being impractical to make use it for such a purpose.

[@RyanBrosnahan]

This made me think of flagellum in the context of irreducible complexity. That would be a good video to explain (and debunk)

[@gibranhenriquedesouza2843]

Bacterias can feel their environment and grow substances, I really want to know how can bacteria feel the world and how can they decide the build their houses!

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Chemoreception. Smell and taste are chemoreception senses as well.

[@davidbuschhorn6539]

"Wow. Gonorrhea is pretty strong." [gives the clap a standing ovation]

[@Alexagrigorieff]

Slow clap

[@gracegottago3471]

“Everytime a kid jokes about me- i do 1 pushup” - Gonorrhea

[@GenJotsu]

Humans are here thinking they're so superior creating rocketships and such, but guess who gets to have a free ride and can survive much better out there in space?

[@sashisasj3850]

just because something can survive in space does not mean it can thrive. It needs a source of energy and chemicals to keep it alive and reproducing.

[@vbgvbg1133]

Neptune Neptune Just you wait, we may be squished and killed unknowingly by being stepped on by snails, but when the gamma ray shooting absolute zero asteroids blast earth to nothingness we’ll see.

[@satanas6740]

So you're comparing humans to bacteria? Wow you're a true idiot.

[@macbuff81]

Bringing nature's and man's ingenuity together to solve problems. Brilliant!

[@eugenetswong]

Michael, this could be the best video that SciShow has put out. This is exciting!

[@rareram]

Was about to call them out for missing the bacteria that grew in total darkness, underground, without an atmosphere... Then realized they made the video before it was discovered. New video please =)

[@rareram]

@organizemyroom k well, there is the obvious mass murder of poly-cellular life forms... But yeah, bacteria aren't all evil or common. The Danakil depression even has super super bacteria with poly-extremophiles.

[@craigdeblock3421]

STDs in "marathon tugging sessions". (snicker). Yes, I'm mentally 13 sometimes...

[@limepop340]

Dallas Trimble the “marathon tugging session” is used as a euphemism for sex

[@confusedwhale]

Nope, male masturbation. Also, asexuals masturbate. It's a spectrum like anything else.

[@appleappington7346]

Hah well I'm really 13 take a backseat pal

[@satanas6740]

@Dallas Trimble wow, I was a about to call the original poster pathetic but then i read your comment and you take that title.

[@andrewjames4346]

Lmao... had to get in that joke about size didnt you...so well placed and very dry in delivery.. perfect.

[@XiaosChannel]

4:24 and thus fulfills the prophecy of CGP Grey: if it stays long enough, something is gonna learn how to eat it.

[@controlequebrado4455]

This sounds wrong

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

What's with the life-vest? Cold in the studio? Forget to pay the heating bill? .... kidding aside, great info!

[@chillsahoy2640]

Super! This was a totally heavy episode, kudos!

[@ideoformsun5806]

Have you done a show about mitochondria yet? Or the thermophilic bacteria in compost?

[@X2yt]

He has a superpower of not blinking

[@kevinn4038]

He is finally becoming an adult. I'm so proud.

[@pranavdatar6250]

Why do some bacteria occur singly while others are found in various arrangements (for example streptococci, staphylococci)? Does cell grouping have any advantages?

[@nnamdi8775]

We need a name! How about Bac-Man?

[@massimookissed1023]

and Gonorrhea Girl.

[@pyrotheevilplatypus]

Sublime. He already exists in the Marvel universe.

[@miriam3848]

Lokibacillus

[@mafagafotherandom6821]

0:12-0:15 But that'll change as soon as I get my hands on a drawing tabblet.... or 3d modeling program... that works too

[@budgetbogans1257]

Bacteria is where we came from and it is so resilient and awesome...except when it causes infections haha. Always love your videos. Hello from Australia!!

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Most likely we, as in eukaryotes, are archaea "infected" by cyanobacteria.

[@budgetbogans1257]

I don't even know what means...I didn't do science at school, I just like learning stuff in less than 15 mins and being entertained whilst doing so.

[@mookosh]

Remember: the bacteria in existence today are as evolved as we are (if not moreso due to shorter generations). We didn't evolve from these guys, we share a common ancestor with them :p They just followed a different path.

[@budgetbogans1257]

interesting...

[@Marina-sd3uy]

Budget Bogans Didn't know Australians came from a bacteria! You should've kept some of their superpowers, they seem pretty handy!

[@saumyashah7978]

Why do these bacteria have such complex names? Can't they have names like, I dunno, Mr. Plastic Eater or something?

[@miladsammouh4741]

Saumya Shah I'm not sure if this is a joke, but if it isn't, then you're an idiot.

[@miladsammouh4741]

Apemanwithcalculator You're an idiot too.

[@Sharyf]

They do, just in latin language

[@SonicXRage]

@Gavin We should rename carbon "life glue".

[@weaponizedhyperfocus]

The idea of using Latin names is used to create an "universal name", so anywhere you go it'll just be the same. And if you actually look at the translations, those scientific names are actually silly too, but just in another language

[@lightsidemaster]

Woohoo Michael is back!

[@Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time]

Really good info!!! Why don’t you make a video on the alternative theories about the Universe on KZbin this would be interesting and good for the KZbin community!!!

[@DrunkenAussie76]

The theory that describes our universe is called Big Bang Theory, and there are no other theories. The misconception many people have with the word theory leads to more than a few tin foil hats in the world. A theory is commonly referred to as an idea or thought by many people, whereas in science theories are the epitome of knowledge, often describing why and how the facts that we observe are the way that we observe them. Georges Lemaître is often credited with the discovery that the universe can be traced back to a single location in 1927 and just about all evidence collected since then shows the same. For something to challenge Big Bang Theory someone must explain the evidence already collected more accurately... and noone has done so for nearly a hundred years, Kind of like reinventing the wheel really now that I think about it.

[@Iwtbaf]

can you do an episode tasing about current medical research and how we as a community can help?

[@vids4u_164]

@8:49 "marathon tugging sessions that last hours and hours" i have those multiple times a week

[@InstrucTube]

About gonorrhea: "These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours". Well, that's a thing that was said.

[@norielsylvire4097]

Imagine superman being tied to a chair of wall using modified gonorrhea bacteria, and then he goes: Ugh! What is this sorcery?! It is gonorrhoea. I'll do you one more: why do superheroes not get ill? Like they're never sick. Okay the flash has super speed but does he also have a super immune system?

[@brian554xx]

"These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours and end up pulling ten times harder than when they started." What do my weekend plans have to do with gonorrhea?

[@paularueda6329]

This is so fascinating.

[@TestECull]

C. crescentus could be the trick to keep the tires on my RC Cars from flying off the bead hahahaha

[@grimreaper1542]

I'm not sure why this came up in my recommended but it was really cool, so uh thanks for that??

[@plasmawave2565]

Number 5 doesn't sound like a superhero; it sounds more like a laundry detergent.

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

Hey SciShow- Please talk about how astronauts can make O2 using life. I keep seeing astronauts dying in space movies due to lack of oxygen and keep wondering why they don't have plants or genetically engineered oxygen-producing, CO2-consuming bacteria or algae or something. Also, how will real astronauts do it? From big machines or big gardens maybe?

[@silc3ents74r]

is it just me going nuts or is there a small beep at @5:48?

[@cestlavegan5793]

Being such a fastidious organism, I definitely didn't expect to see N. gonorrhoeae on here

[@eliscerebralrecyclingbin7812]

@Marcus Olang’ 9:30 “Remember, just because something is tiny, that doesn’t mean it’s not powerful.” 😳

[@scp--0017]

This is really neat.

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

6:37 - Actually it sounds a lot more like Equifax picking a half-assed rename for their company in an attempt to distance themselves from the data hack.

[@darianneumayer188]

Question. What do dogs here when they're here speakers because I could have voices playing like your show pretty loud and then somebody will say something and the dog will bark?

[@chris4231]

Can you make a video about 432hz tuning in music? Does it really sound better than 440hz? If so why everyone uses 440hz

[@eyobwalid2332]

Scientists should find out what chemically makes up the acids that break down the plastics, play around with their elemental components that make up the acids, harvest vast amounts of the stuff, and use it to get rid of the bad plastic. If someone can get this to a REAL chemist, please do because to me( maybe not you or anyone else), this is a really good idea. Also, I would want my credit!

[@retosius7962]

Yeah about that marvel/DC thing, there is actually a hero who is basically a living influenza virus. Forget her name but she and her species just straight up control viruses and she often even just infects her allies. Not as bad as the guy who uses his arm as a club or the guy or dog welder

[@mohnish7653]

Best script I have seen till date

[@cakefromkorea1507]

5:50 say that 10 times... quickly

[@williamoldaker5348]

Number 6 is terrifyingly awesome!!!

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

"These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours"

[@kvd1]

The only problem with this plastic eating bacteria is that it can a long time for the colony of bacteria to break down plastic, up to several weeks. And another problem is that the plastic bacteria needs to survive in saltwater, and if you try to put that bacteria in seawater, the bacteria could dry up and die?

[@TO5TADA]

Can D. Radiodurans be used to block space radiation?

[@Lara-gr2xw]

'Remember, just because something is tiny doesn't mean it's not powerful.' Me, a dwarf: :)

[@sookie1x65]

how cold is it in the studio? IDK maybe you need it, if it's a FRIGID 72* ??

[@miriam3848]

so, I've got this theory. Banner had gonorrhoea, and it was gonorrhoea that mutated. so when he turns green, he's basically, Gonorrhoeaman

[@stephenm6165]

"These marathon tugging sessions could last for hours, and end up pulling 10 times harder than when they started."- Michael Aranda

[@protoncoccus3229]

If all of the pathogens had a tug-of-war competition, Nisseria gonorrhoeae would win, hands down Tiny Hercules ahahah

[@Danielle-pt7we]

Can you guys do a video about how the hormones/antibiotics that are used in live stock/meat production/dairy and egg production does to humans? Last time I was this early to a video I was like 15 years old!

[@codename9824]

Daniellec Clarke livestock on antibiotics aren’t put in production pools until they are free of the medication. Meaning that they aren’t slaughtered nor is their milk used. The hormones are not present in quantities that have an effect. Many stories have attributed the rise in precocious puberty to hormones in milk, it’s a catchy story but ultimately false. The main factor in the rise in precocious puberty is the incredible amount of nutrition available to the modern child. Puberty is usually triggered as a child reaches an age/body composition that can support reproductive organ function, historically this was 15-18 200 years ago with the ranges becoming younger( 11-13 today) as people had access to greater amounts of nutrition. If you look at cases of precocious puberty you find children with family history of early puberty and almost always a BMI in the obese range for their age/height.

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Who else got "Nature's most amazing animal superpowers" by It's Okay To Be Smart in the recomended?

[@Dominus_Potatus]

That PET eater seems dangerous. I mean... as you said all people use PET everyday. And imagine that bacteria somehow melt all the PET in the world

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Taking 6 weeks to digest an ultra thin film isn't going to dissolve your bottles while you hold them.

[@Dominus_Potatus]

Patrick McCurry It is bacteria, it can evolve... The potential is there

[@SuryaTejaKarra]

Actually I'd love to see a future with these bacteria eating plastic from landfill sites.

[@Dominus_Potatus]

Surya Teja K Well... I would love to.. in a controlled space. Better if the bacteria can produce derivates or even energy from it.

[@hamstsorkxxor]

KevinMulia No need to worry. We have bacteria that eat just about everything else, and we still use stuff like wood or steel, even though bacteria can eat those things. Finding PET eating bacteria was a welcome surprise, because we didn't know of anything that could biologically take care of all our plastics. Now we have an ally in the fight against trash:)

[@louisvlogs2292]

Thank you sci show😊

[@OmegaMegalodon]

very informative video

[@patchouliknowledge3481]

1:57 That's pretty _rad_

[@Hedonophobia]

Is it cold in the studio or something?

[@deshpoed]

dear scishow, IS WATER WET!?!?

[@amcat8015]

Susie Martinez Well, one molecule of water is not wet for the definition of "wet" is for something to be saturated with water, also known as getting soaked. For something to be wet there needs to be the object in question and water in contact with said object, in this case our object is a water molecule. Since our object is water but only one molecule of it, it is not wet. But usually when we say water we refer to millions of molecules at a time, in contact with each other. From this conclusion, water is wet.

[@Argonak1]

Arthur Smith Murray h20 (water) isn't wet, its gains the property of wetness when it has gathered in quantity.

[@seska1245]

More bacteria videos please!

[@BethanielThe3rd]

Bacteria Man, in theatres soon

[@theGreaterAwareness]

You can also use oyster mushrooms to break down anything made from petroleum.

[@RaginKavu]

So, could Gonorrhoeae set itself free from that superglue that other bacteria produces?

[@lgastudent5042]

this is awesome!!!!!

[@arangish]

0:41 lol "which shouldn't be possible"

[@trystensilver6434]

Could we breed enough Geobactor Metellireducens to create a natural and free energy source or to produce oxygen in mass quantities? Also if Ideonella Sakaiensis can eat plastic and scientists start spreading it everywhere to eat plastic waste and organisms such as fish and you know… people become full of micro-plastics (currently a problem), could this bacteria than evolve to also consume plastic filled lifeforms?

[@elizabethshaw734]

And people used to ask me why do you want to be a microbiologist. My dad used to love any opportunity to say the clap! Hahaha! :-) that and the male sexual organ of a Tsetse fly! My dad was a funny guy and I wish you was still here.

[@sonarbuge7958]

Elizabeth Shaw What

[@confusedwhale]

You see that door nail? Yeah, he dead like it.

[@okumuracosplay8316]

God bless chu. I hope chur dream comes true and chu get to became just as great as chur wonderful dad. He really sounds like a sweet guy.

[@ValAllenSamonte]

wait... doctor shaw?!

[@MinecraftTestSquad]

I LOVE BIOLOGY! I intend to become a microbiologist as well, and I’m well on my way for it even though I’m still in my first year of high school. Just yesterday I had to give a speech in my college class and we had to pick a process to explain and I explained RNA folding in a simple way and why it is important. I also talked the longest because I got really into my speech lol.

[@VR_Wizard]

Check out the iGEM competition to learn what's possible with bacteria.

[@franziskahuber9664]

Gotta love ur videos

[@ayethe4603]

Can we just admire how our immune cells use nets eat other guys and use chemical weapons against their enemies

[@berlytan9575]

I'm curious to what would happen if made contact to each of them, so scary.