To be or not to be alive: How recent discoveries challenge the traditional definitions of viruses and life

Patrick Forterre1,2
1ARCHEE - Biologie Cellulaire des Archées (I2BC, Bâtiment 21, 1 avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif/Yvette cedex - France)
2BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles (Département Microbiologie - 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, F-75724 Paris Cedex 15 - France)

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