New types of viruses discovered that infect plankton in the world's oceans

[phkrause]

An international team of oceanologists, chemists and microbiologists has announced the discovery of several new viruses that infect plankton in all of the world's oceans. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes how they found evidence of the viruses from water samples collected during the Tara Ocean expedition and what they have learned about them thus far.

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-viruses-infect-plankton-world-oceans.html