The viruses, those quasi-organisms among which are the prophages, the gene weavers that promote the continued evolution in the lives of the bacteria, are a virtually unknown frontier of modern biology, a world unto themselves.
病毒，也就是那些带有有机体特性的“准”生物，prophasias 就是其中一种 它是基因编织师，正是它使得细菌的持续进化成为可能 这一世界是现代生物学的一个待开垦的处女地，也是一个自我——的世界