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Bacteria share genes all the time. RMS would approve
(sh.itjust.works)
Hey bro, can I have some antibiotic resistance?
Sure bro, but remember that the heavy metal tolerance gene is a dependency.
Shit, I'm on python 2 but hmrA requires python 3.
Not a biologist but have to understand some biology and my understanding is that the current consensus is that most of that junk DNA isn't actually junk and serves some purpose. We just have a very poor understanding of what that is or how it works.