Beyond coronavirus: the virus discoveries transforming biology – “SARS-CoV-2 is just one of nonillions of viruses on our planet, and scientists are rapidly identifying legions of new species”.

Beyond coronavirus: the virus discoveries transforming biology – Nature

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.@Nature reports how over the past 10 years, the number of known and named viruses has exploded, owing to advances in the technology for finding them, plus a recent change to the rules for identifying new species. https://t.co/lGqrpOWBsB

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