There are an estimated 10 31 viruses on Earth. That is to say: there may be a hundred million times more viruses on Earth than there are stars in the universe. The majority of these viruses infect ...

“We doubled the number of known viral genera, which introduces hundreds of new virus genera, identified 38 viruses which are widespread and abundant throughout the global oceans, and examined genomic ...

The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viral populations, according to the latest count. Marine viruses were found from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole.

Researchers published their information in Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research in October 2024. The deep-sea virus community displays distinctive distribution patterns, which are significantly ...

Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) viruses are economically important pathogens of plants and animals, and are widespread in oceans; yet, the diversity and evolutionary relationships among marine ssDNA ...

It's truly astounding how viruses can thrive in the harshest conditions ... which inhabit the deep ocean near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor, where scalding mineral-rich water constantly ...