title: Gene swapping in the dead zone.
abstract: Viruses can swap DNA between bacteria that live in regions of the oceans with little or no oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Jillian Petersen is in the Symbiosis Department, Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany jmpeters@mpi-bremen.de.
authors.forename: Jillian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: Nicole Dubilier is in the Symbiosis Department, Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany ndubilie@mpi-bremen.de.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubilier
mesh_terms: D017899:Caudovirales / Q000235:genetics*; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D054892:Metagenome / Q000235:genetics*; D017914:Microviridae / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: SUP05; bacteriophages; ecology; infectious disease; microbiology; oxygen minimum zone; single cell genomics; viral dark matter; viruses