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

Lysogens are common at high bacterial densities, an observation that contrasts with the
prevailing view of lysogeny as a low‐density refugium strategy. Here, we review the …

Virophages are small dsDNA viruses that hijack the machinery of giant viruses during the co-
infection of a protist (ie, microeukaryotic) host and represent an exceptional case of …

The genus Clostridium is a large and diverse group within the Bacillota (formerly Firmicutes),
whose members can encode useful complex traits such as solvent production, gas …

Bacterial pathogens and viruses are the leading causes of global waterborne diseases.
Here, we discovered an interesting natural paradigm of water “self-purification” through virus …

Background Cold environments dominate the Earth's biosphere and microbial activity drives
ecosystem processes thereby contributing greatly to global biogeochemical cycles. Polar …

Viruses are highly abundant in nature, associated with quality and safety of traditional
fermented foods. However, the overall viral diversity and function are still poorly understood …

Anoxygenic photoautotrophic metabolism of green sulfur bacteria of the family
Chlorobiaceae played a significant role in establishing the Earth's biosphere. Two known …

Viral infections modulate bacterial metabolism and ecology. Here, we investigated the
hypothesis that viruses influence the ecology of purple and green sulfur bacteria in anoxic …

Viruses are the most ubiquitous biological entities on Earth. Even so, elucidating the impact
of viruses on microbial communities and associated ecosystem processes often requires …