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Before now, only eight phages and two archaeal viruses had been isolated from deep sea vents. Sarah Thiroux (Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France) and colleagues published a new paper describing another: the first head‐tailed virus infecting hyperthermophilic methanogenic deep‐sea archaea. The virus infects Methanocaldococcus species, and infection leads to continuous release of virions, rather than a drop in host growth.