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    This document features images and descriptions of several different types of viruses that infect organisms worldwide, including tobacco mosaic viruses, rhinoviruses, influenza virus, human papillomaviruses, bacteriophages, Emiliania huxleyi viruses, avian leukocyte viruses, human immunodeficiency viruses, West Nile viruses, Ebola virus, smallpox viruses, and the largest known virus, Mimivirus.

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    A Planet of

    viruses

    The University of Chicago Press | Chicago and London

    Tobacco mosaic viruses, which cause plant diseases worldwide

    Rhinoviruses, the most common cause of colds

    Influenza virus: the envelope layer appears orange and caspid is gray-white,
    with purple RNA segments inside

    Human papillomaviruses in suspension

    Bacteriophages attach to the surface of the host cell,


    the bacterium Escherichia coli

    Emiliania huxleyi viruses infect ocean algae


    (the viruses shown here in suspension)

    Avian leukocyte viruses bud from a human white blood cell

    Human immunodeficiency viruses on the surface of a CD4 white blood cell

    West Nile viruses in suspension

    Ebola virus in suspension

    Smallpox viruses in suspension

    Mimivirus: the largest known virus

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