Science and Technology
Context: Scientists made a monumental breakthrough by identifying an organism, Halteria that dines entirely on viruses.
About Halteria:
- Halteria is a microscopic ciliates (a single-celled organism with minuscule hairs) that populate freshwater worldwide which can thrive wholly on a virus-only diet or ‘virovory’.
- Virovory is sufficient to support an organism’s physiological development and even population increase.
- They’re made up of nucleic acids, a lot of nitrogen and phosphorous.
Source: ScienceAlert
Previous Year Question
Q.1) With reference to recent developments regarding ‘Recombinant vector Vaccines’, consider the following statements:
- Genetic engineering is applied in the development of these vaccines.
- Bacteria and viruses are used as vectors.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (2021)
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
