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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-809-2018
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Research article
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09 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 09 Feb 2018
| 09 Feb 2018
Virus-mediated transfer of nitrogen from heterotrophic bacteria to phytoplankton
Emma J. Shelford
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Institute of Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada
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- Seasonal enhancement of the viral shunt catalyzes a subsurface oxygen maximum in the Sargasso Sea N. Gilbert et al.
- Viruses may facilitate the cyanobacterial blooming during summer bloom succession in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China K. Peng et al.
- Effect of the Presence of Virus-like Particles on Bacterial Growth in Sunlit Surface and Dark Deep Ocean Environments in the Southern East China Sea A. Tsai et al.
- Thermal Sensitivity of Phage–Host Interactions and Climate Impact: A Short Review S. Zia et al.
- Effects of a simulated marine heatwave on the structure and composition of Mediterranean plankton in a mesocosm study Z. Eglaine et al.
- The impacts of phage-actinobacterial interactions on the ecological functions of actinobacteria N. Nwokolo et al.
- Responses of Free-Living Vibrio Community to Seasonal Environmental Variation in a Subtropical Inland Bay X. Chen et al.
- Quantification of human enteric viruses as alternative indicators of fecal pollution to evaluate wastewater treatment processes A. Garcia et al.
- Sharing Vitamin B12 between Bacteria and Microalgae Does Not Systematically Occur: Case Study of the Haptophyte Tisochrysis lutea C. Nef et al.
- Marine bacteria degrade viral particles as a source of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur-rich dissolved organic matter H. Man et al.
- Assessment of Explicit Representation of Dynamic Viral Processes in Regional Marine Ecological Models L. Xie et al.
- Frequency of virus‐resistant hosts determines experimental community dynamics S. Coloma et al.
- The effect of a temperature‐sensitive prophage on the evolution of virulence in an opportunistic bacterial pathogen M. Bruneaux et al.
- Reduced daytime net growth rate of Synechococcus spp. in the East China sea in summer estimated using a dilution approach G. Gong & A. Tsai
- Evolving paradigms in biological carbon cycling in the ocean C. Zhang et al.
- Top‐down controls on nutrient cycling and population dynamics in a model estuarine photoautotroph–heterotroph co‐culture system Q. Zheng et al.
- T4‐like myovirus community shaped by dispersal and deterministic processes in the South China Sea H. Li et al.
- Solar radiation and solar radiation driven cycles in warming and freshwater discharge control seasonal and inter‐annual phytoplankton chlorophyll a and taxonomic composition in a high Arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen) W. van de Poll et al.
- Coupling virio- and bacterioplankton populations with environmental variable changes in the Bohai Sea C. Wang et al.
- Viral shunt in tropical oligotrophic ocean F. Shiah et al.
- Impact of phages on soil bacterial communities and nitrogen availability under different assembly scenarios L. Braga et al.
- Assessment of bacterial dependence on marine primary production along a northern latitudinal gradient E. Fouilland et al.
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This work demonstrates that lysis by viruses facilitates the transfer of nitrogen to phytoplankton in the ocean, and thus viruses are key players in nitrogen cycling in the oceans and in maintaining oxygen production by marine primary producers.
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