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New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba

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New image analysis method for time-lapse microscopy shows how giant viruses infect amoeba
Impact ScienceTue, 01/21/2020 - 11:32
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Viruses are probably the most peculiar “life forms” known to us, with each species having unique characteristics. One thing common to all viruses is that they attack a “host” cell and hijack its machinery, using it for its own replication. A type of large virus, called “giant virus,” has interesting ways of attacking its host organism—an amoeba.


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