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minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoI’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 minutes agoI am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoDefinitely not, a bacteriophage is like 500 nanometres. A tardigrade is 0.5 mm, or 500 000 nanometres, literally 1000x the size.
I’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
I am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus.
Definitely not, a bacteriophage is like 500 nanometres. A tardigrade is 0.5 mm, or 500 000 nanometres, literally 1000x the size.