The finding that total viral abundance is higher than total prokaryotic abundance and that a
significant fraction of the prokaryotic community is infected with phages in aquatic systems …

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 …

Here we report the first direct counts of soil bacteriophage and show that substantial
populations of these viruses exist in soil (grand mean= 1.5× 107 g− 1), at least 350-fold …

In this study, we investigated the abundance and diversity of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)
viruses in fecal samples from five healthy individuals through a combination of serial …

Viruses, most of which are phage, are extremely abundant in marine sediments, yet almost
nothing is known about their identity or diversity. We present the metagenomic analysis of an …

Viruses play important roles in biogeochemical nutrient cycles and act as genomic
reservoirs in marine and freshwater environments, the understanding of which brought …

In this study, we optimized procedures to enumerate viruses from marine sediments by
epifluorescence microscopy using SYBR Green I as a stain. The highest virus yields from the …

Viruses are recognized as ubiquitous components of marine ecosystems; however, there
has been limited study of viral abundance and its ecological role in sediments. Viral …

Aquaculture has been practiced for some millennia. The speed and access of different
transport modes in the spread of cultured species, their pests, parasites, diseases and …

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet, and sediments provide a
highly suitable environment for them. This review presents the first comparative synthesis of …