Oddly Microbial: Giant Viruses
Small Things Considered,
by Marcia Stone Viruses are supposed to be small and simple—not even alive, just mobile genetic material after all. So what do…
by Marcia Stone Viruses are supposed to be small and simple—not even alive, just mobile genetic material after all. So what do…
Back to ancient life, what exactly defines life, and where does life end and non-life begin. One of my favorite subjects, and…
Dentro de algunas amebas acuáticas habita un extraño huésped. Su inusual tamaño hizo que los confundieran con bacterias durante…
It’s a question half as old as time. “Where did viruses come from?” Over the last few years there has been quite a lot of…
Si alguien ha visto esta (floja) película de John Carpenter, recordará que el protagonista era capaz de ver a unos invasores…
Got asked on Twitter about this paper: BMC Evolutionary Biology | Abstract | Giant viruses coexisted with the cellular…
A new study of giant viruses supports the idea that viruses are ancient living organisms and not inanimate molecular remnants…