Viruses (including bacteriophages) are the most abundant biological entities on the planet.
As such, they are thought to have a major impact on all aspects of microbial community …

The discovery of abundant viruses in the oceans and on land has ushered in a quarter
century of groundbreaking advancements in our understanding of viruses within …

Virioplankton have a significant role in marine ecosystems, yet we know little of the
predominant biological characteristics of aquatic viruses that influence the flow of nutrients …

Background Soil giant viruses are increasingly believed to have profound effects on
ecological functioning by infecting diverse eukaryotes. However, their biogeography and …

Viruses strongly influence the ecology and evolution of their eukaryotic hosts in the marine
environment, but little is known about their diversity and distribution. Prasinoviruses infect an …

Many giant dsDNA algal viruses share a common ancestor with Mimivirus—one of the
largest viruses, in terms of genetic content. Together, these viruses form the proposed …

To address questions about algal virus persistence (ie, continued existence) in the
environment, rates of decay of infectivity for two viruses that infect Chlorella-like algae, ATCV …

Shotgun metagenomics, which allows for broad sampling of viral diversity, has uncovered
genes that are widely distributed among virioplankton populations and show linkages to …

Abstract Water samples from Lake Ontario, Canada were tested for lytic activity against the
freshwater haptophyte algae Chrysochromulina parva. A filterable lytic agent was isolated …

Prasinophytes, a group of eukaryotic phytoplankton, has a global distribution and is infected
by large double-stranded DNA viruses (prasinoviruses) in the family Phycodnaviridae. This …