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Survival of surface bacteriophages and their hosts in in situ deep-sea environments
Wei Wei1,2, Yuan Tian2, Lanlan Cai3
1Research Center for Environmental Ecology and Engineering, School of Environmental Ecology and Biological Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology , Wuhan, China.
Importance:
The survival of the sinking prokaryotes and viruses in the deep-sea environment is crucial for deep-sea ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles. Through an in situ deep-sea long-term incubation device, our results showed that viral particles and infectivity had still not decayed completely after in situ incubation for 1 year. This suggests that, via infection and lysis, surface viruses with long-term infectious activity in situ deep-sea environments may influence deep-sea microbial populations in terms of activity, function, diversity, and community structure and ultimately affect deep-sea biogeochemical cycles, highlighting the need for additional research in this area.
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