Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Yau, S, Lauro, FM, DeMaere, MZ, Brown, MV, Thomas, T, Raftery, MJ, Andrews-Pfannkoch, C, Lewis, M, Hoffman, JM, Gibson, JA, Cavicchioli, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Science 2011
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Ace Lake; Antarctic; Sputnik; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1018221108; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21444812; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/77816

Viruses are abundant ubiquitous members of microbial communitiesand in the marine environment affect population structureand nutrient cycling by infecting and lysing primary producers.Antarctic lakes are microbially dominated ecosystems supportingtruncated food webs in which viruses exert a major in...