Abstract

Viruses in acidic hot springs at Yellowstone National Park appear to migrate on steam droplets, sometimes traveling up to 20 miles between pools. The unexpected finding helps to explain how such viruses spread far and wide, according to molecular microbiologist Frank Roberto of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, virologist Mark Young at Montana State University (MSU), Bozeman, and their collaborators. These findings emerged during a two-year survey of microbial diversity in those hot springs, part of the National Science Foundation Microbial Observatories Program.

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