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From: Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 11:16 pm
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] deformed wing virus?

> >Maybe I'm revealing my ignorance here, but do viruses produce spores?
>
> Yes! Quite a bit of information exists about the the most famous virus
> spores like E boli being viable for a very long time.

No they do not.  Fungi do, bacteria do, ferns do, other protists do, but
virii do not.

Are you refereing to Ebola or E. coli?  The former is a non-spore
forming virus, the latter is a bacteria.

Keith

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