Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Coastal Viral Community Structure and Potential Biogeochemical Roles Affected by an Ulva prolifera Green Tide
Meiaoxue Han, Jianhua Sun, Qingwei Yang, Yantao Liang, Yong Jiang, Gao Chen, Chengxiang Gu, Qian Liu, Xuechao Chen, Gang Liu, Hongbing Shao, Cui Guo, Hui He, Hualong Wang, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Zongling Wang, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang
Abstract
To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to investigate the responses of viruses to the world's largest macroalgal green tide. It revealed the spatiotemporal dynamics of the unique viral assemblages and auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) following the variation and degradation of Ulva prolifera. These findings demonstrate a tight coupling between viral assemblages, and prokaryotic and eukaryotic abundances were influenced by the green tide.
Topics & Concepts
BloomBiogeochemical cycleBiologyAlgal bloomRoseobacterEcologyAbundance (ecology)EcosystemMetagenomicsPhytoplanktonPhylogeneticsCladeNutrientBiochemistryGeneBacteriophages and microbial interactionsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyPlant Disease Resistance and Genetics