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Diversity and Ecology of Viruses in Hyperarid Desert Soils.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2016
Zablocki Olivier, Adriaenssens Evelien M, Cowan Don
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In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in the field of virus environmental ecology. In marine ecosystems, for example, viruses are now thought to play pivotal roles in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and to be mediators of microbial evolution through horizontal gene transfer. The diversity and ecology of viruses in soils are poorly understood, but evidence supports the view that the diversity...
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