Prevalence of Viral Frequency-Dependent Infection in Coastal Marine Prokaryotes Revealed Using Monthly Time Series Virome Analysis
Kento Tominaga, Nana Ogawa-Haruki, Yosuke Nishimura, Hiroyasu Watai, Keigo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Ogata, Takashi Yoshida
Abstract
host prediction. We observed frequent cooccurrence among the predicted virus-host pairs, suggesting that viral infection is prevalent in abundant prokaryotes regardless of their taxa or temporal dynamics. This likely indicates that frequent lysis of the abundant prokaryotes via viral infection has a considerable contribution to the biogeochemical cycling and maintenance of prokaryotic community diversity.
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Human viromeBiologySeries (stratigraphy)MetagenomicsGeneticsPaleontologyGeneBacteriophages and microbial interactionsPlant Virus Research StudiesRespiratory viral infections research