• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    the ocean is filled with viruses, mostly for bacteriophages, archaea virus(viruses that infect archaea, and other organisms. and most viruses can only be seen with electron microscope, because they are smaller than the wavelength of light. and there are just beginning to discover a large community of them this one is called PELV-1, which infects Pelagodinium phytoplankton. Alot of other giant viruses infect amoebas.