Marine viruses have important roles in microbial mortality, gene transfer, metabolic
reprogramming and biogeochemical cycling. In this Review, we discuss recent technological …

Viral metagenomics has expanded our knowledge of the ecology of uncultured viruses,
within both environmental (eg, terrestrial and aquatic) and host-associated (eg, plants and …

Although it is generally accepted that phages drive bacterial evolution, how these dynamics
play out in the wild remains poorly understood. We found that susceptibility to viral killing in …

The ocean is home to myriad small planktonic organisms that underpin the functioning of
marine ecosystems. However, their spatial patterns of diversity and the underlying drivers …

Ocean microbes drive biogeochemical cycling on a global scale. However, this cycling is
constrained by viruses that affect community composition, metabolic activity, and …

Viruses influence ecosystems by modulating microbial population size, diversity, metabolic
outputs, and gene flow. Here, we use quantitative double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viral …

Viruses are abundant yet understudied members of soil environments that influence
terrestrial biogeochemical cycles. Here, we characterized the dsDNA viral diversity in …

As one of the largest biotechnological applications, activated sludge (AS) systems in
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) harbor enormous viruses, with 10-1,000-fold higher …

Background Antibiotic resistance developed by bacteria is a significant threat to global
health. Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) spread across different bacterial populations …

Microbial communities are shaped by viral predators. Yet, resolving which viruses (phages)
and bacteria are interacting is a major challenge in the context of natural levels of microbial …