'Genetic arms race' between bacteria, viruses subject of stimulus grant

Cyanobacteria will be focus of research project

		IMAGE: Michigan State University researcher Jay Lennon will work with researchers in Tennessee to probe the interplay between cyanobacteria and viruses. Click here for more information.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – The oceans teem with microscopic bacteria that produce much of Earth's oxygen as they absorb carbon dioxide greenhouse gas. But fast-mutating viruses also populate the seas, attacking marine bacteria in an ages-old evolutionary arms race.