Giant Viruses Also Attack Tiny Microbes

John Timmer, Ars Technica
Thu, 02/13/2020 - 7:58am

Enlarge / Phages on the surface of a bacterial cell. (credit: Dr. Graham Beards ) In many cases, viruses manage to spread so readily because they're so compact, allowing hundreds of thousands of viral particles to explode from a single sneeze. That compact size comes in part from their limited needs.

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