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Viruses in the sea

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  • Curtis A. Suttle

    (University of California, Berkeley and the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

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Viruses exist wherever life is found. They are a major cause of mortality, a driver of global geochemical cycles and a reservoir of the greatest genetic diversity on Earth. In the oceans, viruses probably infect all living things, from bacteria to whales. They affect the form of available nutrients and the termination of algal blooms. Viruses can move between marine and terrestrial reservoirs, raising the spectre of emerging pathogens. Our understanding of the effect of viruses on global systems and processes continues to unfold, overthrowing the idea that viruses and virus-mediated processes are sidebars to global processes.

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  • Curtis A. Suttle, 2005. "Viruses in the sea," Nature, Nature, vol. 437(7057), pages 356-361, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:437:y:2005:i:7057:d:10.1038_nature04160
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04160
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    1. Shicong Du & Xinzhao Tong & Alvin C. K. Lai & Chak K. Chan & Christopher E. Mason & Patrick K. H. Lee, 2023. "Highly host-linked viromes in the built environment possess habitat-dependent diversity and functions for potential virus-host coevolution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-15, December.
    2. Yantao Liang & Li Li & Tingwei Luo & Yao Zhang & Rui Zhang & Nianzhi Jiao, 2014. "Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Marine Virioplankton: A Basin Scale Investigation Based on a Global Cruise," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(11), pages 1-11, November.
    3. Christian Winter & Jérôme P Payet & Curtis A Suttle, 2012. "Modeling the Winter–to–Summer Transition of Prokaryotic and Viral Abundance in the Arctic Ocean," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(12), pages 1-14, December.

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