Quantifying Viral Lysis in Microalgae Using Cell‐Free rRNA
ABSTRACT Viral lysis is a major driver of phytoplankton mortality and a key source of dissolved organic matter in the ocean, yet quantitative and taxon‐resolved measurements of this process remain limited for eukaryotic plankton. Here, we demonstrate that cell‐free ribosomal RNA (rRNA) dissolved in the extracellular me...