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Ocean Algae Get “Coup de Grace” from Viruses – Mirage News

Viruses don’t immediately kill algae but live in harmony with them …

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Viruses don’t immediately kill algae but live in harmony with them
This image depicts viral infection of an Emiliania huxleyi cell superimposed on a satellite image of an E. huxleyi bloom in the Barents Sea. Credits: MODIS, NASA; Steve Gschmeissner, Photo Researchers Inc.; Kay Bidle & Christien Laber, Rutgers University
Scientists have long believed that ocean viruses always quickly kill algae, but Rutgers-led research shows they live in harmony with algae and viruses provide a “coup de …

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