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Bacteria vs Virus

Which microbe rules?

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Who's winning: Bacteria or Virus?

So far, Bacteria has 51% and Virus has 49% of 1,230 votes cast — Bacteria is currently ahead.

Bacteria are living single-celled organisms that can survive and reproduce on their own almost everywhere on Earth. Viruses are far smaller and not even fully alive, hijacking host cells to make copies of themselves.

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Tale of the tape

🦠 Bacteria

On Earth
3.5B yrs
Cells in body
38 trillion

🧫 Virus

Size vs bacteria
100x smaller
Alive alone
No

Science & Space standing

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Bacteria

#18 / 38

1504 ELO

Virus

#22 / 38

1496 ELO

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