Giant Viruses /
Mimivirus (microbe mimicking virus), published in Nature in 2003 is the first member of a family of unsuspected organisms, some very different from each other, all astonishing different in their size, their genes and their 'performances' - one of them has 'survived' 30 000 years...
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| Summary: | Mimivirus (microbe mimicking virus), published in Nature in 2003 is the first member of a family of unsuspected organisms, some very different from each other, all astonishing different in their size, their genes and their 'performances' - one of them has 'survived' 30 000 years in the Siberian permafrost. These giant viruses seem to fill the gap between the viral world and the living cell world. Do they represent a new branch of life on our planet? Were their distant ancestors living creatures? And could these ancestors have been at the very origin of all the eukaryotes, which we are part of? In other words: could mankind be descending from a giant virus? An unknown world comes up to light. A field of new research is opening. This program is a scientific adventure that first investigates this discovery, then meets its amazing and growing 'family', and explores the its behavior |
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| Item Description: | Originally released by France Television Distribution, 2016 Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 24, 2017 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min., 13 sec)) : sound, color |
| Format: | Streaming video file System requirements: FOD playback platform |
| Audience: | 9 - 12 |
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