Giant Viruses Revive Old Questions About Viral Origins

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  Giant Viruses Revive Old Questions About Viral Origins

  By Catherine Mary

  Science02 Mar 2012 : 1035

  University of Aix-Marseille microbiologist Didier Raoult's 2004 discovery of Mimivirus—and several other giant viruses identified since then—has challenged the view that viruses are not alive.

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  Giant Viruses Revive Old Questions About Viral Origins

  By Catherine Mary

  Science02 Mar 2012 : 1035

  University of Aix-Marseille microbiologist Didier Raoult's 2004 discovery of Mimivirus—and several other giant viruses identified since then—has challenged the view that viruses are not alive.

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