The story for kids
This is mimivirus, a giant virus. It's covered in lots of little hairs, and it's so big that scientists first thought it was a bacterium. Mimivirus doesn't hurt people. It lives inside amoebas.
Facts
- This is one of the biggest viruses, covered in tiny hairs.
- It is so big that scientists first thought it was a bacterium.
- It doesn't harm people: it infects amoebas.
Numbers
- Size
- ~0.0007 mm
- Lives in
- In water
- Eats
- Doesn't eat
- Reproduces
- Only inside an amoeba