Zombie cells in the sea: Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check

Zombie cells in the sea: Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check

The ocean waters surrounding the German island of Helgoland provide an ideal setting to study spring algae blooms, a focus of research at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology since 2009. In a previous study, the Max Planck scientists observed a group of bacteria called SAR11 to grow particularly fast during these blooms. However, … Read more