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Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
book Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels cover

Biology: Concepts and Investigations 2nd Edition by Mariëlle Hoefnagels

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0077295349
Exercise 20
With a diameter of about 600 nm, mimiviruses are enormous compared with other viruses. The mimivirus genome consists of about 1.2 million base pairs and encodes more than 1000 genes-more than some bacteria. If you encountered a mimivirus-like object in your research, what sorts of studies could you carry out to determine whether the object was a virus or a bacterium?
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Using an electron microscope, you could ...

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