Highlights•Phages are abundant within ecosystems, but their role is often understated.•
Ecological success models can help explain observed phage–bacteria …

Sulfur plays a pivotal role in interactions within the atmosphere, lithosphere, pedosphere,
hydrosphere and biosphere, and the functioning of living organisms. In the Earth's crust …

Background Viral-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) are important toolkits for
modulating their hosts' metabolisms and the microbial-driven biogeochemical cycles …

Distinct gut microbiome ecology may be implicated in the prevention of aging-related
diseases as it influences systemic immune function and resistance to infections. Yet, the viral …

Viruses significantly influence local and global biogeochemical cycles and help bacteria to
survive in different environments by encoding various auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) …

Taurine-respiring gut bacteria produce H2S with ambivalent impact on host health. We
report the isolation and ecophysiological characterization of a taurine-respiring mouse gut …

Viruses are often studied using metagenome-assembled sequences, but genome
incompleteness hampers comprehensive and accurate analyses. Contig Overlap Based Re …

Background Prokaryotic microbes have impacted marine biogeochemical cycles for billions
of years. Viruses also impact these cycles, through lysis, horizontal gene transfer, and …

Genome binning has been essential for characterization of bacteria, archaea, and even
eukaryotes from metagenomes. Yet, few approaches exist for viruses. We developed …

Viruses influence biogeochemical cycles in oceans, freshwater, soil, and human gut through
infection and by modulating virocell metabolism through virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic …