Estimated

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DNA an incredibly Selfish Successful Material
Estimated bacterial viruses in earths oceans
(1.37x109 Km 3 _at_ 7,300/ml) 1029 Viral
Particles ? -like genome 50,000 bp One bp 3.4
Angstroms (10-10 m) (1029 phage) x (50,000
bp/phage) x (3.4 x10-10 m/bp) 1.7x1024 m (that
17 µm DNA/phage)
1.7x1024 m phage DNA
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DNA an incredibly Selfish Successful Material
1.7x1024 m phage DNA/ 9.5x1015 m/light year
179 million light years of phage DNA Enough DNA
to encircle the milky-way galaxy 570 times!
Light speed 3x108 m/sec