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High abundance of viruses found in aquatic environments
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High abundance of viruses found in aquatic environments
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The concentration of bacteriophages in natural unpolluted waters is in general believed to be low, and they have therefore been considered ecologically unimportant. Using a new method for quantitative enumeration, we have found up to 2.5 x 10(8) virus particles per millilitre in natural waters. These concentrations indicate that virus infection may be an important factor in the ecological control of planktonic micro-organisms, and that viruses might mediate genetic exchange among bacteria in natural aquatic environments.
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Aquatic viruses. And now, small is plentiful.Nature. 1989 Aug 10;340(6233):429. doi: 10.1038/340429a0. Nature. 1989. PMID: 2755504 No abstract available.
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