Marine microbiology: A new tale for oceanic viruses

Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 123 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2018.21

Author: Ashley York
Double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses that infect bacteria and archaea are thought to be the most abundant viruses in the oceans. Electron microscopy analyses have indicated that most oceanic viruses are non-tailed; however, tailed dsDNA viruses dominate sequence and culture collections, suggesting that we have a

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - February 12, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ashley York Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research