More than 5,500 virus species discovered in oceans across the world

Though we've yet to explore more than 80% of the world's oceans

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more than 5,500 new species of new viruses are found in the ocean

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The research, published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science, found so many different types of RNA viruses

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That the team now proposes five new phyla, of RNA viruses, as well as discovering a chain to an ancient virus.

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There are millions of viruses throughout the world, hundreds of which are able to infect humans

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But there are two different types of viruses: DNA and RNA.

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Though we know of RNA viruses like COVID-19, West Nile Virus and the flu, little is known about them

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researchers wanted to study the viruses' diversity rather than their impact.

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