Bacteria–phage coevolution, the reciprocal evolution between bacterial hosts and the
phages that infect them, is an important driver of ecological and evolutionary processes in …

Freshwater bacteria are at the hub of biogeochemical cycles and control water quality in
lakes. Despite this, little is known about the identity and ecology of functionally significant …

Viruses are by far the most abundant'lifeforms' in the oceans and are the reservoir of most of
the genetic diversity in the sea. The estimated 1030 viruses in the ocean, if stretched end to …

Over the past two decades, marine virology has progressed from a curiosity to an intensely
studied topic of critical importance to oceanography. At concentrations of approximately 10 …

Characterizing ecological relationships between viruses, bacteria and protists in the ocean
are critical to understanding ecosystem function, yet these relationships are infrequently …

SUMMARY A trade-off between strategies maximizing growth and minimizing losses
appears to be a fundamental property of evolving biological entities existing in environments …

Phages are considered the most abundant and diverse biological entities on Earth and are
notable not only for their sheer abundance, but also for their influence on bacterial hosts. In …

Since the discovery 2–3 decades ago that viruses of microbes are abundant in marine
ecosystems, viral ecology has grown increasingly to reach the status of a full scientific …

Communities at any trophic level along the food chain are determined by simultaneous top-
down (predators) and bottom-up (nutrients) effects; however, we still lack an understanding …

Although increasing knowledge suggests that bacteriophages play important roles in
regulating microbial ecosystems, phage–bacteria interaction in human oral cavities remains …