Marine viruses disperse bidirectionally along the natural water cycle

Abstract Marine viruses in seawater have frequently been studied, yet their dispersal from neuston ecosystems at the air-sea interface towards the atmosphere remains a knowledge gap. Here, we show that 6.2% of the studied virus population were shared between air-sea interface ecosystems and rainwate...

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Main Authors: Janina Rahlff, Sarah P. Esser, Julia Plewka, Mara Elena Heinrichs, André Soares, Claudio Scarchilli, Paolo Grigioni, Heike Wex, Helge-Ansgar Giebel, Alexander J. Probst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42125-5