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… world have been forced to confront the awesome power that viruses have to affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives.  But for researchers who study viruses that infect organisms much smaller than humans, like … at all.  In fact, even in non-pandemic times such viruses are well known to play major roles in a vast range …

… identify mobile genetic elements like plasmids and viruses. The Science Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are … from cell to cell. Two of the most common forms of MGEs are viruses and plasmids. They can be found in virtually all of … organisms (microbes) located in soils and water. MGEs like viruses and plasmids drive microbial processes and …