Microbial oceanography: Killers of the winners
Abstract
Viruses that infect the SAR11 group of oceanic bacteria have finally been found and sequenced. Because SAR11 is ubiquitous, these viruses may be the most abundant in the oceans -- and perhaps in the entire biosphere. See Letter p.357
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- February 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1038/nature11951
- Bibcode:
- 2013Natur.494..320K