Detected virus origin of life on Earth called into question!

French scientists have discovered the size of the largest virus genome so far and presented their findings in the journal "Science". The new virus, called Pandoravirus long one micrometer, which is even more than the size dvostroko Megavirusa that with 440 nanometers previously considered the greatest. virus is named after Pandora's Box, the mythological source of evil, although not constitute immediate threat to human health, according to Weather.com .

 

- The virus will not cause the spread of disease or epidemic, said Eugene Koomin, a biologist from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Given that Pandoravirus not resemble any similar organism on Earth, there is a possibility that it came from another planet such as Mars, they said French researchers and added to the virus raises the question of the origin of life on Earth. revealed two types of the virus - one on the coast of Chile, and the second in freshwater lake near Melbourne.