the first virus to be discovered, these funky green rods, and the birth of virology were to maximize tobacco production

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Adolf Mayer and πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Dmitri Ivanovsky were co-discovers of the first known infectious disease agent smaller than bacteria, the Tobacco Mosaic Virus

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of virus particles (virions) of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). This plant virus is a tobamovirus, and has an RNA (ribonucleic acid) genome and appears here as green stranded rods against a pale orange background. Magnification: x125,000
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