A bacteriophage virus can kill microbes, influencing what happens to the carbon their bodies containnobeastsofierce Science/AlamyViruses that infect other microbes may influence the movement of more than a billion tonnes of carbon in soil, according to the first attempt at quantifying their role in one of the planets main carbon stores.While there are still gaps, were understanding that viruses can have a huge impact on soil carbon, says Kirsten Hofmockel at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington state.Earths soils are packed with
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