Marine viruses — major players in the global ecosystem

By C. Suttle. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2007

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Genetic diversity and evolution in eukaryotic phytoplankton: revelations from population genetic studies (2017, background): “A role of viruses in genetic diversity of eukaryotic phytoplankton has not been systematically addressed so far, despite the well-established importance of virus infections in population dynamics (Suttle, 2007; Gustavsen et al., 2014).”
INfrastructure for a PHAge REference Database: Identification of Large-Scale Biases in the Current Collection of Cultured Phage Genomes (2021, positive): “1 Phages may be obligately lytic (hereafter lytic) or temperate, whereby they have access to both the lytic and lysogenic cycle.”
ViralZone: a knowledge resource to understand virus diversity (2010, background): “Viruses are presumably the most abundant biological entities on the planet, with the total number of virus particles exceeding by 10 times the total number of cells (25).”
Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Phosphorus (2015, background): “If viral lysis is a major control on bacterial and phytoplankton populations in the marine environment (Suttle, 2007), and there is still active debate on this matter, then the production of dissolved nucleic acids in seawater may ultimately be controlled by the viral lytic cycle.”
Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities (2015, positive): “Marine viruses are presumably key players in these interactions ( 3, 4 ) as they affect microbial populations through lysis, reprogramming of host metabolism, and horizontal gene transfer.”
Viruses manipulate the marine environment (2009, background): “Although marine virology is about 70 years old ( Box 1 ), it has experienced a recent surge in interes”
Viruses in soil: Nano-scale undead drivers of microbial life, biogeochemical turnover and ecosystem functions (2018, background): “Despite causing heavy mortality (Suttle, 2007), phage infections have not led to the extinction of all bacteria.”
The Biological carbon pump in the North Atlantic (2014, background): “an important element of the microbial loop (Suttle, 2007).”
Uncovering Earth’s virome (2016, methodology): “These include: (1) alkyl hydroperoxide reductase system in Dehalogenimonas lykanthroporepellens, Desulfococcus biacutus and Geobacter sulfurreducens, (2) efflux ABC transporter in Desulfoarculus baarsii and Desulfobacterium anilini, (3) possible secondary metabolite biosynthesis genes in Desulfovibr”
A size‐structured food‐web model for the global ocean (2012, background): “The discrepancy may also be attributable to the lack of density-dependent viral mortality in the model (Suttle 2007).”
Carbonate and silicate biomineralization in a hypersaline microbial mat (Mesaieed sabkha, Qatar): Roles of bacteria, extracellular polymeric substances and viruses (2018, background): “Viruses are everywhere in superabundance; whereas a millilitre of seawater may contain millions of bacteria (10(6)), there are likely to be tens of millions to a billion viruses there as well (10(7) to 10(9)/ml; Suttle, 2007).”