Publication Date:
2016-03-24
Description:
Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities Nature 531, 7595 (2016). doi:10.1038/nature17193 Authors: B. Knowles, C. B. Silveira, B. A. Bailey, K. Barott, V. A. Cantu, A. G. Cobián-Güemes, F. H. Coutinho, E. A. Dinsdale, B. Felts, K. A. Furby, E. E. George, K. T. Green, G. B. Gregoracci, A. F. Haas, J. M. Haggerty, E. R. Hester, N. Hisakawa, L. W. Kelly, Y. W. Lim, M. Little, A. Luque, T. McDole-Somera, K. McNair, L. S. de Oliveira, S. D. Quistad, N. L. Robinett, E. Sala, P. Salamon, S. E. Sanchez, S. Sandin, G. G. Z. Silva, J. Smith, C. Sullivan, C. Thompson, M. J. A. Vermeij, M. Youle, C. Young, B. Zgliczynski, R. Brainard, R. A. Edwards, J. Nulton, F. Thompson & F. Rohwer Microbial viruses can control host abundances via density-dependent lytic predator–prey dynamics. Less clear is how temperate viruses, which coexist and replicate with their host, influence microbial communities. Here we show that virus-like particles are relatively less abundant at high host densities. This suggests suppressed lysis
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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