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minus-squaregianni@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
minus-squareazi@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoMost species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoI am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus. Edit: it’s probably a radiolarian skeleton, maybe genus cornutella. Edit 2: it’s indeed a cornutella skeleton: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12782032
I did not realize that tardigrades were so small. Previously I thought one would be able to see one with the naked eye.
Most species grow to half a millimetre. So they’re just barely visible to the naked eye; like a small spec of dust.
I’m not a biologist but there is no way in hell that a virus can be as big as a living organism right? That’s probably not a bacteriophage
I am a microbiologist, there’s no way in hell that’s a virus.
Edit: it’s probably a radiolarian skeleton, maybe genus cornutella.
Edit 2: it’s indeed a cornutella skeleton: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/comment/12782032