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To: TimF who wrote (107)10/25/2006 12:59:56 PM
From: Sun Tzu   of 149
 
>> However, it cannot live outside the insect. Scientists speculate that Carsonella rudii may be on its way to becoming an organ rather than organism.

Most people do not know this, but the human species cannot survive without the bacteria that live in its digestive track. So the question can be asked, are they one of our organs? Are we one of theirs (i.e. if the bacteria can survive without us but we cannot survive without them, then who is the real organism here)?
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