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 …

The discovery of giant viruses, with capsids as large as some bacteria, megabase-range
genomes and a variety of traits typically found only in cellular organisms, was one of the …

The development of new biodegradable plastic materials from renewable sources is a major
challenge for plastic industries to provide sustainable alternatives to petroleum plastic. Bio …

Microbes of the surface ocean release, consume, and exchange labile metabolites at time
scales of minutes to days. The details of this important step in the global carbon cycle remain …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane vesicles released by both eukaryotic and
prokaryotic cells; they not only serve physiological functions, such as disposal of cellular …

The cycling of major nutrients in the ocean is affected by large-scale phytoplankton blooms,
which are hot spots of microbial life. Diverse microbial interactions regulate bloom dynamics …

Microalgae comprise a biodiverse group of photosynthetic organisms that reside in water
sources and sediments. The green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was adopted as …

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

Microbial interactions govern marine biogeochemistry. These interactions are generally
considered to rely on exchange of organic molecules. Here we report on a novel inorganic …

Marine viruses play a key role in regulating phytoplankton populations, greatly affecting the
biogeochemical cycling of major nutrients in the ocean. Resistance to viral infection has …