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Summary:
Two new ‘Giant’ viruses discovered nearly 15,000 km (approx 2485.5 miles) from each other. Pandoravirus salinus was discovered on the coast of Chile and Pandoravirus dulcis was discovered in Australia. The discovery of these cells that infect amoebas of the Acanthamoeba genus, unicellular organisms that can create cysts, has violated areas that have been previously thought to be exclusive to bacteria. The two large viruses have been found to have nothing in common, except for their sizes. What makes these virus so large is that they contain 1,100 genes while common viruses only have about ten.
Response:
The discovery of these giant viruses are amazing! I completely amazes me that the two Pandoraviruses were complete unheard of until now and yet the viruses may not be at all uncommon. The Pandoraviruses also have almost no matching characteristics to the categorized in the recognized in the three domains of cellular life. We can learn so much from these Pandoravirus microscopic biodiversities within certain environments as well as how they react to changes.
Summary:
Two new ‘Giant’ viruses discovered nearly 15,000 km (approx 2485.5 miles) from each other. Pandoravirus salinus was discovered on the coast of Chile and Pandoravirus dulcis was discovered in Australia. The discovery of these cells that infect amoebas of the Acanthamoeba genus, unicellular organisms that can create cysts, has violated areas that have been previously thought to be exclusive to bacteria. The two large viruses have been found to have nothing in common, except for their sizes. What makes these virus so large is that they contain 1,100 genes while common viruses only have about ten.
Response:
The discovery of these giant viruses are amazing! I completely amazes me that the two Pandoraviruses were complete unheard of until now and yet the viruses may not be at all uncommon. The Pandoraviruses also have almost no matching characteristics to the categorized in the recognized in the three domains of cellular life. We can learn so much from these Pandoravirus microscopic biodiversities within certain environments as well as how they react to changes.