Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts

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When we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans--such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and abundant, microbes and the viruses that infect them are found in oceans, lakes, plants, soil, and animal-associated microbiomes. Taking a vital look at the

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Winner of the 2016 Postgraduate Textbook Prize, Royal Society of Biology

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Joshua S. Weitz is associate professor of biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.