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The Soil’s New Universe: Giant Viruses

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By Roberta Attanasio, IEAM Blog Editor

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What’s in soil? Water, air, sand, silt, clay, and organic matter. What’s in organic matter? Humus, earthworms, insects, bacteria and, we just learned, giant viruses. As their name implies, these viruses are big—their dimensions and genome sizes are comparable to those of bacteria. Continue reading →

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This entry was posted in Ecology, Environmental Management and tagged archaea, bacteria, eukaryotes, giant virus, mimivirus, soil, virus on November 30, 2018 by Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.

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