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A virus is not an element, so it does not have atoms.

A virus is not a compound, so it does not have molecules.

A virus is a nucleic acid molecule surrounded by several different protein molecules and in some cases enclosed in a lipid bilayer membrane. If enclosed in a lipid bilayer membrane, the membrane is composed of a very large number of different fatty acid triglyceride molecules.

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They are smaller than bacteria or other micro organism. It ranges 20-500 nanometers, ultra microscopic size. Viruses can be detected only by electron microscopes or other high resolution optics.

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MGVC is more commonly referred to as just Megavirus. The Megavirus particle exhibits a protein capsid diameter of 440 nanometers as seen by electron microscopy. It can only be seen using an electron microscope.

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Can be seen with an electron microscope
its as big as a mouse
Viruses range in size from 12 nm to 450 nm .It is electron microscopic .

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Its about 1.00345 nanometers tall.

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