Big Bad Voodoo Posted July 23, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2013 http://www.nature.com/news/giant-viruses-open-pandora-s-box-1.13410 The organism was initially called NLF, for “new life form”. Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, evolutionary biologists at Aix-Marseille University in France, found it in a water sample collected off the coast of Chile, where it seemed to be infecting and killing amoebae. Under a microscope, it appeared as a large, dark spot, about the size of a small bacterial cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 23, 2013 oh wow this is rather interesting indeed, imagine that a virus so big its considered a life form, very very scary indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted July 23, 2013 #3 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Yeah that is pretty interesting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #4 Share Posted July 23, 2013 its creepy if you ask me, oh sir you have a virus living in you thats considered a living being, ick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 23, 2013 im looking forward to seeing more about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted July 23, 2013 Author #6 Share Posted July 23, 2013 im looking forward to seeing more about this If we ever hear about it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2013 If we ever hear about it again. you think they will attempt to hide this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted July 23, 2013 Author #8 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Not hide but ignoring public curiosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Not hide but ignoring public curiosity. i understand, its sad but it does seem to happen alot, ive always wondered what would happen if all the ignored or hidden information all leaked out in just one day how the public would react to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted July 23, 2013 Author #10 Share Posted July 23, 2013 i understand, its sad but it does seem to happen alot, ive always wondered what would happen if all the ignored or hidden information all leaked out in just one day how the public would react to it! As some members here do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseCuster Posted July 23, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2013 its creepy if you ask me, oh sir you have a virus living in you thats considered a living being, ick! Well you already have ten times more bacterial cells on or in you (which are living things) on you than you have human cells.As to the OP's question ("alien bacteria?") the answer is no. This is a virus. A bacteria is not just a large virus. These life forms lack some of the very basic things that define bacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #12 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Well you already have ten times more bacterial cells on or in you (which are living things) on you than you have human cells. As to the OP's question ("alien bacteria?") the answer is no. This is a virus. A bacteria is not just a large virus. These life forms lack some of the very basic things that define bacteria. was stating a virus, didnt mean the other living cells inside the human body, its disturbing that its a virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jello Posted July 23, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 23, 2013 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #14 Share Posted July 23, 2013 lol epic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EllJay Posted July 23, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Later, after the researchers discovered a similar organism in a pond in Australia, they realized that both are viruses — the largest yet found. But these viruses, described today in Science1, are more than mere record-breakers — they also hint at unknown parts of the tree of life. Just 7% of their genes match those in existing databases. “What the hell is going on with the other genes?” asks Claverie. “This opens a Pandora’s box. What kinds of discoveries are going to come from studying the contents?” The researchers call these giants Pandoraviruses. Made me think of Dean R Koontz - Phantoms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannin Posted July 23, 2013 #16 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Made me think of Dean R Koontz - Phantoms. you know what, your right! and i agree! it does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted July 24, 2013 #17 Share Posted July 24, 2013 SALT WATER !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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