Researchers at Denmark’s Aarhus University are not considering this as bad news, rather they say that these viruses can act like a secret weapon somewhere, and can also prevent the ice from melting rapidly. to study Microbiome Has been published in the journal.
Laura Perini, a university researcher AccordingThey don’t know much about the virus. But they believe that the growth of algae speeds up the melting of ice, and these viruses can slow down this speed. That means they can prevent algae from thriving, because these are said to be viruses that infect algae. But the researcher also said that it is difficult to say how effective they are in this work. But this can be ascertained by doing further research on them.
The team of researchers collected their samples from the snow layer. This included samples of dark ice, ice core, red and green ice. After analyzing their DNA, researchers found that they matched the giant virus. Viruses are generally much smaller than bacteria.
Science Daily According to, normal viruses are 20 to 200 nanometers (nm) in size. Whereas bacteria are 2 to 3 micrometers (mm) in size. Simply put, viruses are 1000 times smaller than bacteria. But this is not the case with the giant virus. This type of virus can grow up to 2.5 micrometers (mm) in size. That means they are found larger in size than most bacteria.
So can these viruses be seen even with the naked eye? The answer is- no! Researchers say that they use only regular tools to find them, they cannot be seen with the naked eye, nor can they be identified. They even escape the sight of low power microscopes.