NunyaBidness on Nostr: Information Systems in Soils Some mycorrhizal hyphae (the filaments of the mycelium; ...
Information Systems in Soils
Some mycorrhizal hyphae (the filaments of the mycelium; think "tubes") can have relatively enormous internal diameters. Some are large enough to allow the flow of free RNA through the network. Ribonucleic Acid has the same information encoding capacity as DNA. That's quite a bit of potential information flowing around every cubic centimeter of soil.
It doesn't end there as whole viruses can traverse the fungal networks as well. The amount of information contained there is mammoth. Even whole fungal nuclei containing an average of 3.5 million base pairs (the A, G, T, Cs of DNA) can travel freely through the network. That's the amount of information that a 2,800 page book can hold.
These networks are huge, yet localized Internets of the planet. What would happen if all these networks connect?
#Alexandria
Some mycorrhizal hyphae (the filaments of the mycelium; think "tubes") can have relatively enormous internal diameters. Some are large enough to allow the flow of free RNA through the network. Ribonucleic Acid has the same information encoding capacity as DNA. That's quite a bit of potential information flowing around every cubic centimeter of soil.
It doesn't end there as whole viruses can traverse the fungal networks as well. The amount of information contained there is mammoth. Even whole fungal nuclei containing an average of 3.5 million base pairs (the A, G, T, Cs of DNA) can travel freely through the network. That's the amount of information that a 2,800 page book can hold.
These networks are huge, yet localized Internets of the planet. What would happen if all these networks connect?
#Alexandria