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Researchers say they have successfully observed for the first time the energy-producing potential of a phenomenon known as virovory or the eating of viruses, a process capable of fuelling not only the growth of an organism but also its population.
A type of freshwater plankton has become the first organism seen thriving on a diet of viruses, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US.