>>13821381No. Like a realistic organism. It would likely be done in the manner of huge cats with a symbiotic culture of yeast molds and bacteria. Each of them would be modified to produce a single enzyme that would facilitate one step in the segregation product of the substrate. If done smartly the microorganisms would be selected or modified to have specific growth factor optimums (pH, nutrient balance, temperature, salinity etc...) So the vat biome automatically balance itself without the need for outside regulation. This also means that the individual bacteria would be almost impossible to survive outside the very specific environment of the vat substrate and be unable to survive outside the symbiotic co-culture. Compartmentalized functions and inter-phylum dependency like this makes it virtually impossible for GMO organisms to spread or contaminate the environment. To use a shitty analogy; no matter how many times I amputate a kidney and throw it on the ground it will never ever evolve to be able to survive on its own. It's simply dependant on too many environmental and symbiotic factors.
