Microbes in various aquatic ecosystems play a key role in global energy fluxes and
biogeochemical processes. However, the detailed patterns on the functional structure and …

Viruses play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems by regulating microbial composition and
impacting biogeochemical cycling. While the response of viral diversity to the trophic status …

Water-depth biodiversity gradient, one of the typical biogeographical patterns on Earth, is
understudied for bacteria in freshwater ecosystems, and thus left the underlying …

Viruses are widely distributed in marine environments, where they influence the
transformation of matter and energy by modulating host metabolism. Driven by …

As sentinels of climate change and other anthropogenic forces, freshwater lakes are
experiencing ecosystem disruptions at every level of the food web, beginning with the …

Understanding and predicting changes in phytoplankton populations requires knowledge of
losses due not only to sedimentation and grazing, but also to intrinsic processes (here …

Among the Arctic seas, the largest volume of river runoff (~ 45% of the total river-water inflow
into the Arctic Ocean) enters the Siberian Kara Sea. The viral communities of the Kara Sea …

In aquatic environments, the consensus of viral impact on bacterial carbon metabolism with
the nutrient environment as an important axis is limited. Henceforth, we explored the viral …

Carnivorous pitcher plants Sarracenia purpurea host diverse eukaryotic and bacterial
communities which aid in insect prey digestion, but little is known about the functional …

Vermelha Lagoon is a coastal hypersaline lagoon located in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil,
and it harbors both stromatolites and living microbial mats. Due to its remarkable geological …