
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pollard, Peter 
T1  - How viruses control microbial ecosystems
JF  - Microbiology Australia
JO  - Microbiol. Aust.
Y1  - 2007
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SP  - 115
EP  - 117
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MA07115 
N2  - Viruses are the most abundant nucleic acid containing biological parcel on earth, being ten times more than bacteria and archaea. Most are phage (infect bacteria), have a genome of DNA or RNA, and are encapsulated in a protein coat at concentrations of 1010/L in aquatic environments. The planet holds 1031 viruses inthe oceans alone and their biomass equals 200 Mt of carbon or 75 million blue whales. Stretched end-to-end they would span 10 million light years. They are obligate parasites and without doubt a pervasive influence on microbial ecosystems. 
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