GLOBAL GENE POOL.”Owing to lateral gene transfer, prokaryotes might also be seen as a ‘global superorganism’. On account of a viral linkage to the tree of life, it is maybe more appropriate to regard all microorganisms including viruses as a ‘superorganism’ or part of a global DNA pool, which can in principle be accessed by all species.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00539.x/full
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Nigel Fleming
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