Talk:Pithovirus

Revived?

The first paragraphs describes the virus as being "revived." I think a better word would be "retrieved" since "revived" means "restored to life" -- questionable at best for any virus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdevola (talk • contribs) 08:54, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

You are correct. I changed it to "a viable specimen was found in..." rather than "a specimen was revived from..." --ThaddeusB (talk) 18:52, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Viable relates to living. But you guys are correct; a "dead" virus is said to be inactivated. "Revival" is often expressed as reactivation. Cheers, BatteryIncluded (talk) 19:10, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Note sure; from viable: "Viable or viability is the ability of a thing (a living organism, an artificial system, an idea, etc.) to maintain itself or recover its potentialities." However, please do feel free to change to reactivated as you like - I have no objections to it. --ThaddeusB (talk) 19:22, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Optical visibility

Pithovirus is large enough to be discerned with an optical microscope — just barely. That makes it unusual enough that this fact might be mentioned in the article. Most virii are too small to be seen with even the best optical microscopes in the visible spectrum. — Quicksilver^{T @} 01:46, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Classification

I'm a bit of a layman but either this virus is not classified yet or the Baltimore classification as currently given in Wikipedia is incomplete. No Pithovirus there. Should probably be somewhere under Megaviricetes.

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Pithovirus in the News

July 10, 2014: Hints of Life’s Start Found in a Giant Virus: Newly discovered specimens support a more ancient origin for viruses, perhaps all the way back to the origins of life.. Not sure what this implies for Freeman Dyson's ideas as expressed in his book Origins of Life.

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