Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Temperate infection in a virus–host system previously known for virulent dynamics
- Ben Knowles,
- Juan A. Bonachela,
- Michael J. Behrenfeld,
- Karen G. Bondoc,
- B. B. Cael,
- Craig A. Carlson,
- Nick Cieslik,
- Ben Diaz,
- Heidi L. Fuchs,
- Jason R. Graff,
- Juris A. Grasis,
- Kimberly H. Halsey,
- Liti Haramaty,
- Christopher T. Johns,
- Frank Natale,
- Jozef I. Nissimov,
- Brittany Schieler,
- Kimberlee Thamatrakoln,
- T. Frede Thingstad,
- Selina Våge,
- Cliff Watkins,
- Toby K. Westberry,
- Kay D. Bidle
Affiliations
- Ben Knowles
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Juan A. Bonachela
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
- Michael J. Behrenfeld
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
- Karen G. Bondoc
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- B. B. Cael
- National Oceanography Centre
- Craig A. Carlson
- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara
- Nick Cieslik
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Ben Diaz
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Heidi L. Fuchs
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Jason R. Graff
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
- Juris A. Grasis
- School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced
- Kimberly H. Halsey
- Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University
- Liti Haramaty
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Christopher T. Johns
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Frank Natale
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Jozef I. Nissimov
- Department of Biology and the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research, University of Waterloo
- Brittany Schieler
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Kimberlee Thamatrakoln
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- T. Frede Thingstad
- Marine Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Selina Våge
- Marine Microbiology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
- Cliff Watkins
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- Toby K. Westberry
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University
- Kay D. Bidle
- Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18078-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
The blooming alga Emiliania huxleyi and its viruses are a model for density-dependent virulent dynamics. However, Knowles et al. show that this host–virus system exhibits temperate dynamics at natural host densities, in a manner dependent on host physiology.