> the world you live in right now is chock full with nasty things doing their best to kill you.
Really? For some reason, internet people are always talking about coevolution and not killing the host and all that. I'd assume you know better since you're an actual biologist, but it is still surprising...
Really. Staphylococcus aureus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus is most commonly found up your nose and on your skin. And by on I mean deep inside the grooves, it's practically impossible to wash it away. It's what turns your boogers yellow.
It's also the one most commonly responsible for infections, when you cut yourself. Or someone else like a surgeon cuts into you.
It is also most commonly resistant to multiple antibiotics. It's on us all the time, we take a lot of pills, it adapts.
If you have the multiply resistant strain and you go into major surgery, may God have mercy on your soul.
Also I'm not a biologist, I just write research software for chemists and biologists.
Really? For some reason, internet people are always talking about coevolution and not killing the host and all that. I'd assume you know better since you're an actual biologist, but it is still surprising...