VIRAL LOOP OF PHYTOPLANKTON VIRUSES”
“”mediate carbon and nutrient transfer from the particulate form (bacteria) to the dissolved form—the so-called viral loop through which up to a quarter of the organic matter in the sea flows. Hence, marine viruses directly affect ocean-scale processes and global biogeochemical cycles.””
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http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/zR9Mryi7RSmFEZFUsNZT/full/10.1146/annurev-marine-010213-135108