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Vibrionaceae

04/19/2018 / By Janine Acero

Newly discovered ocean virus essential to maintaining marine ecology may increase understanding of the human microbiome

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have recently discovered an elusive family of viruses that have escaped scientific analysis due to their characteristics. This previously unknown family of viruses thriving in the world’s marine habitats may help shed some light on how microorganisms maintain the ocean’s ecology, and may play an important role in understanding the human microbiome, […]

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