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Cyanophage P-SSP7: quanto misura?

Cyanophage P-SSP7: il diametro è di circa 60 nm.

Cosa viene misurato: virus infecting marine cyanobacteria, capsid diameter

Cyanophage P-SSP7 (60 nm) in scala accanto a a ribosome (25 nm) e a flu virus (100 nm)
In scala, da sinistra a destra: Ribosome (25 nm), Cyanophage P-SSP7 (60 nm) e Flu virus (100 nm).

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Ma quanto è grande, davvero?

  • About 60% of the width of a flu virus
  • As wide as about 2 ribosomes side by side
  • About 30× as wide as a DNA double helix

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Curiosità: Cyanophage P-SSP7

Cyanophages like P-SSP7 infect the ocean's most abundant photosynthetic bacterium, Prochlorococcus, shaping marine ecosystems.

Fonte: PNAS structural studies; ViralZone, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

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NomeDimensioneRispetto a: Cyanophage P-SSP7
Silver Nanoparticle40 nm0,67×
Fibrinogen Molecule45 nm0,75×
Silicon Nanowire50 nm0,83×
West Nile Virus50 nm0,83×
Human Papillomavirus55 nm0,92×
Cyanophage P-SSP760 nmquesta pagina
Silica Nanoparticle100 nm1,7×
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle100 nm1,7×
Lassa Virus100 nm1,7×
Hantavirus100 nm1,7×

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