Thanks algore.
Posted on 06/23/2022 3:24:01 PM PDT by algore
Nice. Surly there are many coronavirus shirts too.
And just like that::
https://www.zazzle.com/fauci_bioweapon_survivor_long_sleeve_t_shirt-235420460527595100
That’s good!
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4073844/posts
https://www.britannica.com/place/Soufriere-volcano-Guadeloupe
Thanks algore.
Everything is bigger
Thiomargarita magnifica
Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye, growing up to 2 centimeters—as long as a peanut—and 5000 times bigger than many other microbes. What’s more, this giant has a huge genome that’s not free floating inside the cell as in other bacteria, but is instead encased in a membrane, an innovation characteristic of much more complex cells, like those in the human body.
The largest T. magnifica cell Volland found was 2 centimeters tall, but Carvalho thinks that if not trampled, eaten, blown by wind, or washed away by a wave, they could grow even bigger.
The DNA-filled sac, also squished along the inner edge of this bacterium, proved extraordinary as well. When researchers at the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute sequenced the DNA inside, they found the genome was huge, with 11 million bases harboring some 11,000 clearly distinguishable genes. Typically, bacterial genomes average about 4 million bases and about 3900 genes.
By labeling the DNA with fluorescent tags, Volland determined the bacterium’s genome was so big because there are more than 500,000 copies of the same stretches of DNA.
smallest bacteria
perhaps Nanoarchaeum equitans
Its cells are only 400 nm in diameter, 580,070 base pairs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoarchaeum_equitans
largest virus
Pandoravirus salinus
500nm wide and 1000nm long
Linear, dsDNA genome of about 2,473k base pairs
https://viralzone.expasy.org/4238
smallest virus
Perhaps this: Porcine circovirus (PCV) are the smallest viruses replicating autonomously in eukaryotic cells,
The DNA sequence for Porcine circovirus type 2 strain MLP-22 is 1726 base pairs long
When viruses come out of the closet.
Wonder what month will be Virus Pride Month?
Definitely need the largest size.
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