Viruses Help Microbial Hosts Cope with Life at the Extremes
Moffet Field CA (NASA) Apr 23, 2015 - A new study reveals that viruses lend a surprisingly helpful hand to microbes eking out a living near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. When they infect the vent's resident bacteria and archaea, the viruses mix and match the single-celled creatures' genes. As a result, the microbes can benefit from possessing a wide range of genes in a way that broadens their repertoire of responses to the quick-chan ... more
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