Drowning in Viruses

The virome is increasingly recognized as a key part of individual cells (as endogenous retroviruses or persistent infection) and multicellular organisms (as either pathogens or commensals) and, as shown by Gregory et al. (2019) Gregory A.C. Zayed A.A. Concei？？o-Neto N. Temperton B. Bolduc B. Alberti A. Ardyna M. Arkhipova K. Carmichael M. Cruaud C. et al. Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole. Cell. 2019; 177 ( this issue) : 1109-1123 Google Scholar , as diverse components of ocean ecosystems