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Viruses may also persist despite harsh conditions, support active viral infections, and contribute to microbial dynamics during aerial transport. However, assessing viruses, and even more, virus-bacteria interactions in the atmospheric environment is highly challenging, and knowledge remains very limited. Here, based on current knowledge in cloud microbiology, we estimate the cloud virome at ∼10 21 virus particles globally. One out of a million of cloud droplets is susceptible to host virus-bacteria interactions, which represents considerable volume at global scale, and we discuss potential implications for microbial ecology. 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