Thousands of New Viruses Found in Ocean: New Study - Krishi Jagran

The diversity of the newly discovered viruses was so great that the researchers proposed doubling the number of taxonomic groups required to classify RNA viruses from five to ten. (In biology, a phylum is a broad classification that comes after "kingdom."

Picture of Ocean According to a new study, over 5,000 new virus species have been discovered in the world's oceans. The researchers examined tens of thousands of water samples from all over the worl… [+3093 chars]

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