Graham Shepherd wrote:
> It's a typo - Larry meant um - micrometres - smallpox virus (and other pox
> viruses) are big enough to be visible under light microscopy. - about 300nm
> x 250nm.
>> GS
>> "Nicholas Landau" <njl2q at virginia.edu> wrote in message
> news:3CB3BB33.4580793F at virginia.edu...> > Wait a minute... what coccus is 0.2 nm in diameter?!?!?!
> >
> > Maybe a *really tiny* coccus could be 0.2 um in diameter, but 0.2 nm...?
> >
> > No way Jose. I don't believe it. That has got to be off by three orders
> of
> > magnitude. Name the coccus.
>
Nicholas' incredulity is well-placed and Graham is correct, I should have typed
micrometer instead of nm. That's what happens when trying to post a response in
a hurry and not taking time to carefully proofread what was typed. Sorry about
that.
--
Larry D. Farrell, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Idaho State University
