Phages can exploit their bacterial hosts by lytic infection, when many viral particles are released
at cell lysis, or by lysogeny, when phages integrate into the host’s genome. We recently …

Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who depend on …

Background Bacteriophages encode genes that modify bacterial functions during infection.
The acquisition of phage-encoded virulence genes is a major mechanism for the rise of …

Microbialization refers to the observed shift in ecosystem trophic structure towards higher
microbial biomass and energy use. On coral reefs, the proximal causes of microbialization are …

Lysogens are common at high bacterial densities, an observation that contrasts with the
prevailing view of lysogeny as a low‐density refugium strategy. Here, we review the …

Coral reefs are one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, with primary production
rates compared to that of rain forests. Benthic organisms release 10–50% of their gross …

Background Archaea are ubiquitous symbionts of marine sponges but their ecological roles
and the influence of environmental factors on these associations are still poorly understood. …

Marine viruses are key drivers of host diversity, population dynamics and biogeochemical
cycling and contribute to the daily flux of billions of tons of organic matter. Despite recent …

Background SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus causing COVID-19. The clinical characteristics
and epidemiology of COVID-19 have been extensively investigated, however, only one study …

Temperate bacterial viruses (phages) may enter a symbiosis with their host cell, forming a
unit called a lysogen. Infection and viral replication are disassociated in lysogens until an …