Comments on: TWiV 54: Professor Lynn Enquist, virology luminary

By: profvrr

profvrr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:58:29 +0000

Great question! Viral abundance appears to be very high even in the
deepest parts of the ocean; it's been studied. It is estimated that
there are 9 x 10^20 bacteria on earth. That's ten times fewer than
ocean viruses, but bacterial are about 10-100 times bigger. So the
distance of bacteria light-years is about the same. RNA and molecules
would go even farther. Mammals, I don't know - maybe a mammalologist
can weigh in?

By: gsgs3

gsgs3 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:36:43 +0000

million viruses also in a milliliter of deep ocean water ?
Or only in surface water near coasts
200 light years with viruses .. how much with bacteria, mammals,
RNA,molecules

By: profvrr

profvrr — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:58:29 +0000

By: gsgs3

gsgs3 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:36:43 +0000

million viruses also in a milliliter of deep ocean water ?
Or only in surface water near coasts
200 light years with viruses .. how much with bacteria, mammals,
RNA,molecules