@BernieSpofforth These are megaviruses & not "alien" viruses. The only thing impressive is their size. They do not infect humans neither any animals at all, they infect unicellular eukaryotes like amoebae & they are quite often found in oceans and
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@BernieSpofforth Megaviruses have an impressive size & genome size, but they are not dangerous for humans, they are not even dangerous for any multicellular animals. They exclusively infect unicellular eukaryotic organisms (so called protists or protoz
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[PubMed] Amoebae, Giant Viruses, and Virophages Make Up a Complex, Multilayered Threesome. https://t.co/e1377wxFmv
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Amoebae, Giant Viruses, and Virophages Make Up a Complex, Multilayered Threesome. https://t.co/587MJcEWyw