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Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but many ...

The microbes could surrender to the harmless virus, but instead freeze in place, dormant, waiting for their potential predator to go away, according to a recent study in mBio. University of Illinois ...

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Viruses have been assumed to be toxic to almost every living thing, but recent research suggests otherwise. In fact, they may really be somewhat beneficial and even appetizing! Scientists have ...