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News Release 14-061
Undersea warfare: Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents
Unseen armies of viruses and bacteria battle in the deep
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More than a mile beneath the ocean's surface, microbial pirates board treasure-laden ships.
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The Lau Basin in the Western Pacific Ocean, where many of the deep-sea samples were taken.
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Near deep-sea hydrothermal vents, armies of bacteria and viruses wage undersea warfare.
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Viruses infect bacteria in the dark ocean, the better to steal sulfur for energy to replicate.
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The Lau Basin region where viruses and bacteria proliferate near hydrothermal vents.
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The discovery is the first report of a bacteria-virus relationship in a chemosynthetic ecosystem.
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