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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Single-stranded? Wouldn't that be RNA?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, some viruses are single strand RNA (+ssRNA or -ssRNA) the textbook Microbiology: with Diseases by Taxonomy by Robert W Bauman is a good reference with a section for both. (Does have sqeemish pictures though.) (And its on zlib.)