The persistent inertia in the ability to culture environmentally abundant microbes from
aquatic ecosystems represents an obstacle in disentangling the complex web of ecological …

We commonly acknowledge that bacterial viruses (phages) shape the composition and
evolution of bacterial communities in nature and therefore have important roles in ecosystem …

Bacteria and their viruses (phages) are abundant across diverse ecosystems and their
interactions influence global biogeochemical cycles and incidence of disease …

Microbes drive the biogeochemical cycles that fuel planet E arth, and their viruses (phages)
alter microbial population structure, genome repertoire, and metabolic capacity. However …

Viral infections dynamically alter the composition and metabolic potential of marine
microbial communities and the evolutionary trajectories of host populations with resulting …

Advances in bioinformatics and sequencing technologies have allowed for the analysis of
complex microbial communities at an unprecedented rate. While much focus is often placed …

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

Knowledge in aquatic virology has been greatly improved by culture-independent methods,
yet there is still a critical need for isolating novel phages to identify the large proportion of …

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

Phages are generally described as species specific or even strain specific, implying an
inherent limitation for some to be maintained and spread in diverse bacterial communities …