Viruses of bacteria (bacteriophages or phage) have broad effects on bacterial ecology and
evolution in nature that mediate microbial interactions, shape bacterial diversity, and …

The physical and chemical changes that accompany permafrost thaw directly influence the
microbial communities that mediate the decomposition of formerly frozen organic matter …

The soil microbiome is recognized as an essential component of healthy soils. Viruses are
also diverse and abundant in soils, but their roles in soil systems remain unclear. Here we …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in the ocean and show great diversity in
terms of size, host specificity, and infection cycle. Lytic viruses induce host cell lysis to …

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 …

Background The backbone of the eukaryotic tree of life contains taxa only found in molecular
surveys, of which we still have a limited understanding. Such is the case of Picozoa, an …

Although traditionally viewed as streamlined and simple, discoveries over the last century
have revealed that viruses can exhibit surprisingly complex physical structures, genomic …

As our understanding of the importance of the human microbiota in health and disease
grows, so does our need to carefully resolve and delineate its genomic content. 16S rRNA …

Half of the marine virosphere is hypothesized to be RNA viruses (kingdom Orthornavirae)
that infect abundant micro-eukaryotic hosts (eg protists). To test this, quantitative approaches …

Microbial communities, including bacteria, diatoms, and fungi, colonize plastic surfaces,
forming biofilms known as the" plastisphere." Recent research has revealed that …