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Researchers identified over 5,500 new viruses in the ocean, including a missing link in viral evolution

  • Written by Guillermo Dominguez Huerta, Science Consultant in Microbiology, The Ohio State University
imageThere are even more types of viruses in the ocean than researchers once thought.newannyart/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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