'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant

Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 16:14 in Biology & Nature

The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ages-old evolutionary arms race.

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