Interactions between marine microorganisms and their phages |
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Authors: | YongYu Zhang ChunXiao Huang Jun Yang NianZhi Jiao |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 422 Siming Nan Road, Xiamen, 361005, China;(2) Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, 361012, China; |
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Abstract: | Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in marine ecosystems. Most of them are phages that infect bacteria and archaea.
Phages play important roles in causing the mortality of prokaryotic cells, structuring microbial communities, mediating horizontal
gene transfer between different microbes, influencing the microbial food web process, and promoting biogeochemical cycles
(such as C, N, etc.) in the ocean. Here we provided an overview of recent advances in research on the interactions between
marine microorganisms and their phages, and suggest future research directions based on our understanding of the literature
and our own work. |
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Keywords: | marine phage phage infection horizontal gene transfer phage resistance |
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