Which of the following is not an ecological effect of viruses?
A) Huge marine blooms of bacteria, such as of Vibrio, are short-lived because bacteriophage viral blooms soon follow and kill bacteria faster than they can reproduce.
B) Cholera epidemics caused by a species of Vibrio fade because bacteriophages multiply and control the Vibrio population boom.
C) Viruses are abundant in both marine and freshwater environments and have a large effect on the ecology of these ecosystems.
D) One-half of the bacteria in the oceans are killed by viruses every day.
E) Viruses constitute an important source of nutrition for the many prokaryote species that consume them.

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Viruses are not consumed as a source of nutrition by prokaryotes. Instead, they infect host cells to replicate, often leading to the death of the host cell, rather than being used as food.

Which of the Following Is Not an Ecological Effect of Viruses