---
title: "The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viruses."  
description: "There are nearly 200,000 species of viruses in the world's oceans, about 12 times more than scientists previously knew existed."  
author: "Steilla Mitchel"  
published: 2022-06-29  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1034/the-oceans-contain-almost-200-000-different-viruses  
category: "ocean"  
tags: ["ocean", "viruses", "different viruses species."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

---

# The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viruses.

![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/180eeebd-d9d5-4ab5-9c70-a9f0e8d57aad.jpeg) The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viruses. ![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/d39f0537-5a1d-4a80-b9d3-3fdc82ef3089.jpeg) Bacteria trapped in ice can come alive as it melts ![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/bedfbde0-dcdc-44db-b1ee-7e7f7668117b.jpeg) Scientists discovered nearly 200,000 kinds of ocean viruses ![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/3a80e53a-47bb-47d1-955f-ede31bd13c46.jpeg) 10 million viruses in one drop of seawater ![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/c7ed21cf-bd3b-49fa-83e4-63b33213a304.jpeg) viruses importance is perhaps most evident in the oceans ![The oceans contain almost 200 000 different viruses](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/08bbec9f-eb11-47a1-9290-fbd2955b3f7a/images/645f46d0-cabe-43f8-afcd-367953e15285.jpeg) viruses can cause respiratory infections and hepatitis

---

Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1034/the-oceans-contain-almost-200-000-different-viruses

Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.