Welcome to the microscopic Wild West! This meme brilliantly combines biology and humor with a bacterium holding you at gunpoint and demanding your genetic material. It's basically microbial highway robbery! Bacteria can actually steal DNA from their environment through a process called horizontal gene transfer - they're nature's tiniest pirates! Instead of "your money or your life," these single-celled bandits are like "hand over those sweet, sweet genes so I can develop antibiotic resistance!" Next time your doctor prescribes antibiotics, remember there's a whole genetic arms race happening at the microscopic level!
Microbial Highway Robbery

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