Ocean viruses are abundant and infect 20–40% of surface microbes. Infected cells, termed
virocells, are thus a predominant microbial state. Yet, virocells and their ecosystem impacts …

Highlights•Phages encode and express host-derived auxiliary metabolic genes
(AMGs).•AMGs encompass myriad metabolic (Class I) and peripheral (Class II) host …

Microbial communities living in the oceans are major drivers of global biogeochemical
cycles. With nutrients limited across vast swathes of the ocean, marine microbes eke out a …

Viruses numerically dominate our oceans; however, we have only just begun to document
the diversity, host range and infection dynamics of marine viruses, as well as the subsequent …

Marine viruses are considered to be major ecological, evolutionary, and biogeochemical
drivers of the marine environment, responsible for nutrient recycling and determining …

Marine viruses have important roles in microbial mortality, gene transfer, metabolic
reprogramming and biogeochemical cycling. In this Review, we discuss recent technological …

Ecosystems are controlled by 'bottom-up'(resources) and 'top-down'(predation) forces. Viral
infection is now recognized as a ubiquitous top-down control of microbial growth across …

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

Ocean viruses are ubiquitous and abundant and play important roles in global
biogeochemical cycles by means of their mortality, horizontal gene transfer, and …

Viruses provide top-down control on microbial communities, yet their direct study in natural
environments was hindered by culture limitations. The advance of bioinformatics enables …