If the innards of each pig are Petri dishes, then possible pandemic flu viruses have been stewing on hog farms for decades.

如果每头猪的内脏都是培养皿，那么可能的大流行性流感病毒已经在养猪场熬了几十年了。

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If the innards of each pig are Petri dishes where genes are jumbled and dashed together, then possible pandemic flu viruses have been stewing on hog farms for decades.

如果说每头猪的内脏都是培养皿，供基因在里面混乱地搅和在一起，那么，大流行的流感病毒就可能已经在养猪农场熬制了几十年了。

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Several research teams have isolated bacteria from tobacco that they could grow out in petri dishes.

好多研究团队从烟草中取得能在培养器皿盘成长的细菌。

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Her students drill core samples and swab the walls with Q-Tips, daubing them onto petri dishes.

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No, instead we are coerced into carrying portable petri dishes, spreading bacteria, and no doubt, some sickness and death.

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And there are policy lessons in the local Petri dishes, too.

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