Virus (specifically, a Bacteriophage):
darwin.nmsu.edu
DNA or RNA is stored in the head until it is injected into a Bacterium. The 6 spider leg-looking things are tail fibers. Not all Bacteriophages have base plates and tail fibers.
Bacteriophage Life Cycle:
uark.edu
Hmmm . . that’s a “life cycle”?
Sure looks like one.
Beautiful, isn’t it?:
msu.edu
That’s all very fascinating, but are they useful?
I mean are they REALLY useful.
Holy crap, are these things alive?
Viruses and Computers:
acilius
believer1
lefalcon
losthunderlads
vthunderlad
Panther Red 
acilius
/ April 25, 2009Fascinating!
acilius
/ April 25, 2009Those images of computer virus infection patterns are really interesting. The red “Russian” one I stared at for a half a minute.
acilius
/ April 25, 2009Reading about the attempts to design a probiotic use for these organisms, I seem to hear a voice asking “What could possibly go wrong?”
cymast
/ April 25, 2009“What could possibly go wrong?”
MUUUUHAHAHAHA!!
Maybe large-scale “probiotic use” has been the Virus Agenda all along.
Even in the actual electron photograph, it’s amazing how mechanical these things look.
My fav “computer virus” image is the glowing blue sea anemone-looking phishing one.