Talk:Marine viruses
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This article is essentially on the same subject. Perhaps a merger would be appropriate. Graham Beards (talk) 05:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
- Are you proposing Marine bacteriophage be merged into Marine viruses, or the other way round? — Epipelagic (talk) 06:22, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
- I'm proposing one article called "Marine viruses". We can leave a redirect at "Marine bacteriophage". Graham Beards (talk) 06:39, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
- Agree — Epipelagic (talk) 06:44, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
- And merged — Epipelagic (talk) 05:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Clarity
Hello @Epipelagic: I may have misunderstood the intent of
Most of these viruses are bacteriophages which infect and destroy marine bacteria and control the growth of phytoplankton at the base of the marine food web.
Are we certain that they exclusively destroy and are never biotrophic parasites? Is this sentence intended to be part of the viruses⇨carbon sequestration story? There are intervening sentences that make me uncertain. Perhaps
Most of these viruses are bacteriophages which infect and destroy marine bacteria and there by control the growth of phytoplankton at the base of the marine food web.
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