Elucidating Viral Communities During a Phytoplankton Bloom on the West Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Alarcón-Schumacher, Tomás, Guajardo-Leiva, Sergio, Anton, Josefa, Díez, Beatriz
• Other Authors: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Ecología Microbiana Molecular
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: Phytoplankton blooms; Southern Ocean; Viruses; Environmental genomics; Viral ecology; Microbiología; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Inach; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/91765; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01014

In Antarctic coastal waters where nutrient limitations are low, viruses are expected to play a major role in the regulation of bloom events. Despite this, research in viral identification and dynamics is scarce, with limited information available for the Southern Ocean (SO). This study presents an i...