The epishelf lake floats on seawater in the Arctic Ocean.
Giant viruses have been discovered infecting microscopic algae in a rare lake in the Arctic Ocean, a new study finds.
"Just as the freshwater ecosystem of the lake is distinct from the ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean, it also has its own distinct community of viruses," study co-author Mary Thaler, a microbiologist at Laval University in Quebec, told Live Science in an email.
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