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> researchers have stumbled across what seem to be an entire new class of virus-like objects.

I was confused at first. This isn't "Class" in the technical sense (i.e. the level between Phylum and Order)

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For me it was not confusing; I don't think a newly discovered taxonomic Class would make mainstream news. I was expecting something higher-order and the discovery delivered!
CRConrad
sciencealert.com is a pop-sci site, it doesn't use that strict terminology.

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