Comment on viruses
ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 5 months ago
While technically phages are viruses, i think it is important to label them as phages.
Typically a virus does not look like a robot. The by now rather well known SARS-CoV-2, with its spherical shape is a more common depiction of a virus: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus
Bacteriophage look like little robots and from the view of a bacterium - they probably are the equivalent of a terminator: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage
bruh@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
But phages are the most ubiquitous form overall. Maybe not as relevant if you mean viruses that infect humans.