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>An object of 14 nanometers in size is smaller than a typical virus cell, and about the equivalent to the thickness of the outer cell wall of a typical germ. Y
by Sir_Substance 12y ago
>An object of 14 nanometers in size is smaller than a typical virus cell, and about the equivalent to the thickness of the outer cell wall of a typical germ.
You can tell this guy's not a medical journalist.
- concerned_user 12y agoI've always thought that viruses don't have cells and are simply DNA molecules floating around.
- Klockan 12y agoThey have a protective shell or they would quickly degenerate. So they are cells even if they aren't biological cells.
- learnstats2 12y agoI understand that he is using "cell" to refer specifically to a single virus particle - a virion.
- marcosdumay 12y agoGerms also don't have cell walls. That's the point.
- TazeTSchnitzel 12y agoJust from middle-school biology that doesn't sound right. How could a cell be so few atoms across?