Bacteriophages encode factors required for protection in a symbiotic mutualism. Oliver KM (2009) Science.
This paper offers a new perspective on viruses, not as agents of disease or destruction, but as a critical part of an inter-domain symbiosis. The significance of the role environmental viruses play in global ecology -- not just the microbial world -- seems potentially large and yet currently under-appreciated. January 26, 2010 Comment deleted
This looks like a good article to read for group meeting. February 12, 2010 Comment deleted