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[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It passed through the bacteria filters! So small that it passes by the filters and it kills--poison, toxin. But wait, it can be diluted to lowest effective concentration, and then with addition of host it grows back to high concentration. What poison does that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Ivanovsky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinus_Beijerinck