Professor of Virology at the University of Grenoble Emmanuel Drouet talks about the new picture scientists are getting about the role and nature of viruses. Some viruses are seen to have important functions within the cell; in others the virus genome is integrated into the host’s chromosome which may after many generations evolve properties essential for its survival.
Mesmerising Microbes
Article by
Tal Danino
Beautiful Bacteria merges stunning imagery with a new way of looking at something we interact with every day