Viruses manipulate the marine environment

Forest Rohwer and Rebecca Vega Thurber
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Forest Rohwer: San Diego State University
Rebecca Vega Thurber: San Diego State University

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7244, 207-212

Abstract: Abstract Marine viruses affect Bacteria, Archaea and eukaryotic organisms and are major components of the marine food web. Most studies have focused on their role as predators and parasites, but many of the interactions between marine viruses and their hosts are much more complicated. A series of recent studies has shown that viruses have the ability to manipulate the life histories and evolution of their hosts in remarkable ways, challenging our understanding of this almost invisible world.

Date: 2009
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