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"No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus" True? The virophage – a virus that infects other viruses PUBLISHED AUGUST 7, 2008 https://www.na
by Beijinger 3y ago
"No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus"
True?
The virophage – a virus that infects other viruses
PUBLISHED AUGUST 7, 2008
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-virophage-a-virus-that-infects-other-viruses https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-virop...
- graphe 3y agoAfter reading both articles it was "seen" in this one but it was known by baysian inference that the Sputnik virus infected other viruses as a parasite.
- Beijinger 3y agoPlease elaborate. This recent papers seems to suggest they are legit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10301787/
- graphe 3y agoThis one they saw it in action, the other was inferred. They have it in a picture. They reference Sputnik here too.
- jryb 3y agoVirophages (up until now, as far as I know) have only been observed to interact with their host phage inside of a prokaryotic cell.