jeannot
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| Quote (sir_toejam @ May 21 2006,15:40) | | Quote | | I recently heard that viruses represent the majority of biomass in oceans. |
Really? I always thought it was nematodes.
Can you dig up the reference for that, Jean?
sounds like yet another bit of my knowledge may have become outdated. |
Science 12 May 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5775, pp. 870 - 872
DOI: 10.1126/science.312.5775.870
Did DNA Come From Viruses?
Carl Zimmer
| Quote | | A growing number of scientists hope to get rid of that question mark. They recognize that a full account of the evolution of life must include viruses. Not only are they unimaginably abundant--most of the biomass in the ocean is made up of viruses--but they are also extraordinarily diverse genetically, in part because they can acquire genes from their hosts. |
I don't have the original article where they estimated the total biomass of 'oceanic' viruses.
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