"In a turnabout worthy of Pac-Man, DeLong and his colleagues have found that a species of #Halteria — microscopic ciliates that populate freshwater worldwide — can eat huge numbers of infectious #chloroviruses that share their aquatic habitat. For the first time, the team’s lab experiments have also shown that a virus-only diet, which the team calls “virovory,” is enough to fuel the physiological growth and even population growth of an organism." https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/eating-viruses-can-power-growth-reproduction-of-microorganism/

Eating #viruses can power #microorganism's growth and reproduction.

#virovory #virophagy #Chloroviruses

https://phys.org/news/2022-12-viruses-power-microorganism-growth-reproduction.html