Viruses are critical for regulating microbial communities and biogeochemical processes
affecting carbon/nutrient cycling. However, the role of soil phages in controlling microbial …

The battle for survival between bacteria and bacteriophages (phages) is an arms race where
bacteria develop defenses to protect themselves from phages and phages evolve …

Temperate phages are pervasive in nature, existing within bacterial cells in a form known as
prophages. In this state, survival of the phage is intricately tied to the survival of the bacterial …

Land plants host a vast and diverse virome that is dominated by RNA viruses, with major
additional contributions from reverse-transcribing and single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses …

Viruses can affect microbial dynamics, metabolism and biogeochemical cycles in aquatic
ecosystems. However, viral diversity and functions in agricultural soils are poorly known …

Viruses have evolved protein containers with a wide spectrum of icosahedral architectures
to protect their genetic material. The geometric constraints defining these container designs …

The escalation of antibiotic resistance has revitalized bacteriophage (phage) therapy.
Recently, phage therapy has been gradually applied in medicine, agriculture, food, and …

Viruses are fundamental components of marine microbial communities that significantly
influence oceanic productivity, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem processes. Despite their …

Viruses are a key component of marine ecosystems, but the assessment of their global role
in regulating microbial communities and the flux of carbon is precluded by a paucity of data …

Bacterial viruses are the most abundant biological entities in soil ecosystems. Owing to the
advent of metagenomics and viromics approaches, an ever‐increasing diversity of virus …