Viruses numerically dominate our oceans; however, we have only just begun to document
the diversity, host range and infection dynamics of marine viruses, as well as the subsequent …

Viruses that infect microbial hosts have traditionally been studied in laboratory settings with
a focus on either obligate lysis or persistent lysogeny. In the environment, these infection …

Ocean viruses are abundant and infect 20–40% of surface microbes. Infected cells, termed
virocells, are thus a predominant microbial state. Yet, virocells and their ecosystem impacts …

Marine viruses have important roles in microbial mortality, gene transfer, metabolic
reprogramming and biogeochemical cycling. In this Review, we discuss recent technological …

Numerous ecological processes, such as bacteriophage infection and phytoplankton–
bacterial interactions, often occur via strain-specific mechanisms. Therefore, studying the …

Viral infections dynamically alter the composition and metabolic potential of marine
microbial communities and the evolutionary trajectories of host populations with resulting …

Until recently, the data on the diversity of the entire microbial community from the Baltic Sea
were relatively rare and very scarce. However, modern molecular methods have provided …

Viral ecology is a rapidly progressing area of research, as molecular methods have
improved significantly for targeted research on specific populations and whole communities …

Background The study of bacteriophages continues to generate key information about
microbial interactions in the environment. Many phenotypic characteristics of …

Phage–host interactions are critical to ecology, evolution, and biotechnology. Central to
those is infection efficiency, which remains poorly understood, particularly in nature. Here …