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 …

Viral metagenomics has expanded our knowledge of the ecology of uncultured viruses,
within both environmental (eg, terrestrial and aquatic) and host-associated (eg, plants and …

The photosynthetic picocyanobacteria Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus are models for
dissecting how ecological niches are defined by environmental conditions, but how …

Background The rumen microbiome enables ruminants to digest otherwise indigestible
feedstuffs, thereby facilitating the production of high-quality protein, albeit with suboptimal …

Complex assemblages of microbes in the surface ocean are responsible for approximately
half of global carbon fixation. The persistence of high taxonomic diversity despite …

Aquatic viruses are naturally present in the aquatic environment and the number of viruses
is staggering. Various multicellular organisms in aquatic ecosystems may be infected, cross …

Highlights•Multiomic approaches have increased our understanding of phage diversity in
nature.•Lab studies reveal novel biology within phage-host interactions.•The challenge …

Cyanobacteria are globally widespread photosynthetic prokaryotes and are major
contributors to global biogeochemical cycles. One of the most critical processes determining …

Chemical cues mediate interactions between marine phytoplankton and bacteria,
underpinning ecosystem-scale processes including nutrient cycling and carbon fixation …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entity in the ocean and infect a wide range of
microbial life across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. In this essay, we take a journey …