RennederM to BecomeMe · 8 months ago‘It’s insane’: New viruslike entities found in human gut microbes - Analysis of sequence databases reveals novel circular RNA genomes belonging to “obelisks”www.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-link‘It’s insane’: New viruslike entities found in human gut microbes - Analysis of sequence databases reveals novel circular RNA genomes belonging to “obelisks”www.science.orgRennederM to BecomeMe · 8 months agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoTo clarify: It’s viroids, and they’re inside our guy bacteria. Not free roaming in the gut microbe. Viroids infect animals, plants, bacteria, pretty much anything living. So finding them in gut bacteria isn’t really that groundbreaking. Like, cool, we have proof now. But with as much bacteria in the gut… It would be weird if there was no viroids.
To clarify:
It’s viroids, and they’re inside our guy bacteria. Not free roaming in the gut microbe.
Viroids infect animals, plants, bacteria, pretty much anything living.
So finding them in gut bacteria isn’t really that groundbreaking.
Like, cool, we have proof now. But with as much bacteria in the gut…
It would be weird if there was no viroids.