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World's Largest Virus

Posted by michael on from the freak-show dept.

Gavinsblog writes "New Scientist is reporting that the largest virus yet discovered may have been found in a water tower in the UK. Dubbed the 'Mimivirus', it may be related to Smallpox. It is not yet known if it causes disease."

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  1. How big is it??? by galaxy300 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can it be seen with the naked eye? : )

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  2. ..and here I was.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ....thinking that Michael Moore was the world's largest virus.

    Maybe not. World's larget pussy? Definitely.

  3. US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I was told that world's largest virus is the US

    1. Re:US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      No, the US is a phagocyte. It considers the rest of the world to be waste materials or harmful foreign bodies. I can say this with certainty, because I am, embarrassingly enough, an American.