It all sounds encouraging, but couldn't the bioengineered strain of S. mutans re-evolve lactic acid production, and put us all back at square one? Presumably this trait evolved in the first place because it was adaptive from the bacteria's perspective?
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It all sounds encouraging, but couldn't the bioengineered strain of S. mutans re-evolve lactic acid production, and put us all back at square one? Presumably this trait evolved in the first place because it was adaptive from the bacteria's perspective?