Identifying the genes that viruses ‘steal’ from ocean microbes
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The microbes that cycle nutrients in the ocean don’t do the work on their own – the viruses that infect them also influence the process. It’s a vital job for the rest of the planet, enabling oceans to absorb half of the human-generated carbon in the atmosphere and produce half of the oxygen we breathe. A new study gets scientists closer to...
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/memorialmonorail on 2024-10-17 14:28:51+00:00.

Original Title: Scientists have created a catalog of thousands of genes that viruses “stole” from marine microbes they infected, leading to a better understanding of where viruses fit into the global ocean picture of cycling carbon and other nutrients.