PLEASE READ: This story sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory! Please note that a lot of this story has been blown out of proportion on the internet and it is hard to get the actual facts right. What is true is, that this bacteria would NOT have destroyed all life on earth, no matter what some might have said. This story should serve as a warning that we should test everything before releasing it in to the wild, but it shouldn't be believed that we were actually that close to the end of the world. What was the bacteria that was engineered to help with the energy crisis but then ended up almost destroying the world? How did it even happen? SUBSCRIBE TO US -► http://bit.ly/TheInfographicsShow WEBSITE (You can suggest a topic): http://theinfographicsshow.com SUPPORT US: Patreon.......► https://www.patreon.com/theinfographicsshow CHAT WITH ME: DISCORD.....►https://discord.gg/theinfographicsshow SOCIAL: Twitter........► https://twitter.com/TheInfoShow Subreddit...► http://reddit.com/r/TheInfographicsShow -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources for this episode: https://pastebin.com/Y1waVnrM Some Images used under license from Shutterstock.com You can get graphics like ours from here ► http://shutterstock.7eer.net/c/1209709/42119/1305