Viruses are by far the most abundant'lifeforms' in the oceans and are the reservoir of most of
the genetic diversity in the sea. The estimated 1030 viruses in the ocean, if stretched end to …

Sea-surface warming, sea-ice melting and related freshening, changes in circulation and
mixing regimes, and ocean acidification induced by the present climate changes are …

Whereas DNA viruses are known to be abundant, diverse, and commonly key ecosystem
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …

DNA viruses are increasingly recognized as influencing marine microbes and microbe-
mediated biogeochemical cycling. However, little is known about global marine RNA virus …

Phytoplankton population dynamics are the result of imbalances between reproduction and
losses. Losses include grazing, sinking, and natural mortality. As the importance of microbes …

Marine microorganisms constitute the largest percentage of living biomass and serve as the
major driving force behind nutrient and energy cycles. While viruses only comprise a small …

RNA viruses infect marine organisms from bacteria to whales, but RNA virus communities in
the sea remain essentially unknown. Reverse-transcribed whole-genome shotgun …

Viruses are abundant in the ocean and a major driving force in plankton ecology and
evolution. It has been assumed that most of the viruses in seawater contain DNA and infect …

The family Phycodnaviridae encompasses a diverse and rapidly expanding collection of
large icosahedral, dsDNA viruses that infect algae. These lytic and lysogenic viruses have …

Viruses influence oceanic ecosystems by causing mortality of microorganisms, altering
nutrient and organic matter flux via lysis and auxiliary metabolic gene expression and …