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Am I reading this correctly, for every 10 ton of animal biomass there is 1 ton of virus biomass? Are there really that many viruses out there?
by belinder 3y ago
Am I reading this correctly, for every 10 ton of animal biomass there is 1 ton of virus biomass?
Are there really that many viruses out there?
- BoiledCabbage 3y agoThinking about it now yeah thats wild. For bacteria sure, I get it - but for viruses that's really surprising. Meaning either some animals are 10x their mass from viruses (very unlikely), or there are *way* more tons of viruses just sitting outside of any animal waiting to get a host than there are inside hosts (which is surprising).
- ianburrell 3y agoAre they animal viruses or all viruses? There are a lot of bacteria viruses, bacteriophages. I can see the viruses being noticeable percentage of bacteria mass.