Comments on: Ten cool facts about viruses http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/ About viruses and viral disease Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:12:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: bob http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-20773 bob Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:25:45 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-20773 i like waffles i like waffles

]]> By: bob http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-20774 bob Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:25:13 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-20774 HI! HI!

]]> By: bob http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-20775 bob Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:24:59 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-20775 HI! HI!

]]> By: profvrr http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-19765 profvrr Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:05:38 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-19765 I just added a link to blog post in which the 200 million light year<br>number is calculated out. It's at<br><a href="http://www.phagehunter.org/2008/09/how-far-do-those-phages-stretch.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.phagehunter.org/2008/09/how-far-do-t...</a>. I just added a link to blog post in which the 200 million light year
number is calculated out. It's at
http://www.phagehunter.org/2008/09/how-far-do-t....

]]> By: HF http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-19718 HF Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:55:43 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-19718 Nice fact about all the viruses in the oceans lined up would be 200 light years long. I don't know how you calculated it, but the numbers don't work out given your other fact about 10^30 virions in the oceans.<br><br>If the average length of a virus is 100nm (I guess), then the total length of all the virions in the oceans is 10^-7 × 10^30, which is 10^23 meters. 10^23m is over ten million light years! That is long enough for two and a half round-trips from here to the Andromeda galaxy! Far out... Nice fact about all the viruses in the oceans lined up would be 200 light years long. I don't know how you calculated it, but the numbers don't work out given your other fact about 10^30 virions in the oceans.

If the average length of a virus is 100nm (I guess), then the total length of all the virions in the oceans is 10^-7 × 10^30, which is 10^23 meters. 10^23m is over ten million light years! That is long enough for two and a half round-trips from here to the Andromeda galaxy! Far out…

]]> By: profvrr http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-18087 profvrr Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:10 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-18087 A very interesting point which brings up some interesting virology not covered here previously. I would not view occluded viruses as true virions in the sense that they cannot directly infect cells. Rather they are a collection of multiple virions packaged in a protective coat that must be disrupted when the occluded particle enters the insect gut. The viruses are then released from the occluded particle and they go on to infect cells. I checked with a few of my virology colleagues and they have a similar view. Which is not to say that others don't agree - it's just the way we view it. A very interesting point which brings up some interesting virology not covered here previously. I would not view occluded viruses as true virions in the sense that they cannot directly infect cells. Rather they are a collection of multiple virions packaged in a protective coat that must be disrupted when the occluded particle enters the insect gut. The viruses are then released from the occluded particle and they go on to infect cells. I checked with a few of my virology colleagues and they have a similar view. Which is not to say that others don't agree – it's just the way we view it.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/comment-page-1/#comment-18039 Andrew Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:35:44 +0000 http://www.virology.ws/?p=2187#comment-18039 Number 9 is incorrect. The largest known viruses are the occluded baculoviruses (Baculoviridae). These DNA viruses measure around 1 micron (1000 nanometers) in diameter. Number 9 is incorrect. The largest known viruses are the occluded baculoviruses (Baculoviridae). These DNA viruses measure around 1 micron (1000 nanometers) in diameter.

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