On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:38:55 +0000 (UTC), "Red Dragon"
 wrote:

>Dear Norman,
>Good idea.  I will proceed to do that.  It is the only way to put the feet
>on solid ground.
>
>In the meantime,  by the way,   how does Virus fit into your  3 domain, 6
>kingdom model?
>As Virus is much smaller than Bacteria, I would expect Virus  to possess a
>structure more simple than Bacteria,  and it being so,  to be a better
>contender to the claim to be the first life form on earth.
>
>Khoon.

Viruses are usually not considered as "living oganisms".  They are
essentially parasitic pieces of DNA (in protein envelopes) that rely
on a living, metabolizinng, functioning cell to reproduce.  They can
infect any kind cell  -- bacteria, plants, animals, fungi (though
different viruses infect different cells).  Also, they are considered
not primitive -- early in the evolutionary scheme of things, but
derived -- johny-come-lately's since they could not have developed
until there were cells to infect.
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