Researchers at IGS, the genomic and structural information laboratory (CNRS/Aix-Marseille University), working in association with the large-scale biology laboratory (CEA/Inserm/Grenoble Alpes University) have just discovered two giant viruses which, in terms of number of genes, are comparable to certain eukaryotes, microorganisms with nucleated cells. The two viruses – called 'Pandoravirus' to reflect their amphora shape and mysterious genetic content – are unlike any virus discovered before. Read more: http://ow.ly/pOv1r
Fascinating research, the fact that these viruses have less than a 10% relationship with any genes in known databases suggests that they had a totally different evolutionary history than bacteria, archaea, and eukarya.
They look like they'd be nice on a pizza.
Lol I dunno about that, but they did find it in an amoeba living in the contact lens of a person with keratitis :crazyeye:
Sorry DOB, that's way over my head. I just got something about a contact lens.
Fuck it, I want a pizza now :bday:
When you think about it DOB the whole universe is one big pizza really with the anti matter as the base, space as the cheese and tomato and the stars and planets as the toppings.
My work here is done.
You will be getting the nobel prize for physics for that insight.
Edit: You may want to re-think your antimatter theory though. As far as I know, there is no significant amount of it in our galaxy.