Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles

Viruses are the most abundant life forms on Earth, with an estimated 1031 total viruses globally. The majority of these viruses infect microbes, whether bacteria, archaea or microeukaryotes. Given the importance of microbes in driving global biogeochemical cycles, it would seem, based on numerical abundances alone, that viruses also play an important role in the global cycling of carbon and nutrients. However, the importance of viruses in controlling host populations and ecosystem functions, such as the regeneration, storage and export of carbon and other nutrients, remains unresolved. Here, we report on advances in the study of ecological effects of viruses of microbes. In doing so, we focus on an area of increasing importance: the role that ocean viruses play in shaping microbial population sizes as well as in regenerating carbon and other nutrients.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  F1000 Biology Reports

• Publication date

  2012-09-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3410/B4-17PMID 22991582PMCID 3434959
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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