A cryoelectron microscope image of a Mimivirus, the first and largest giant virus discovered. By Amanda HeidtViruses might not be alive, but they may be altering life on a global scale.

Researchers have found that a bizarre group of microbes known as “giant viruses” contain genes associated with metabolism, which they likely use to convert their zombified hosts into supercharged energy factories.

Because many of their victims are important players in dampening climate change and in controlling ocean ecosystems, the megaviruses may be exerting an unexpected power over life on Earth.There are more than 200,000 kinds of viruses in the world’s oceans.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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