Viruses
From Dr Amandha Vollmers Telegram channel
1) The idea of viruses existence was created after observation of bacteria. Some of them died, and there were small elements that were called “phages” because it was thought they were responsible for the “death” of the bacteria.
2) “Phages” is from the Greek φαγεῖν (phagein) meaning “to devour”. In reality these phages were small elements that indeed form when bacteria does not get enough nutrients, or has to process toxic materials. Phages are not the cause of the death of the bacteria, but its way of survival.
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