全球发生的类动物感染会产生缺少核糖体的细胞
Jan D Brüwer1, Chandni Sidhu2, Yanlin Zhao3
1Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359, Bremen, Germany. jbruewer@mpi-bremen.de.
Nature communications
|May 2, 2024
概括
海洋病毒称为海菌感染丰富的海洋细菌 (SAR11). 这项研究在全球范围内发现了受感染的SAR11细胞,包括新的"尸"细胞,揭示了菌体对这些关键海洋微生物的控制.
科学领域:
- 海洋微生物学 海洋微生物学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 海洋学 海洋学 海洋学
背景情况:
- 食者是感染SAR11细菌的病毒,SAR11细菌是海洋中最丰富的微生物.
- 之前对类动物和SAR11相互作用的研究依赖于in silico分析和培养,因此环境感染水平尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在各种海洋生态系统中量化菌体感染的SAR11细胞.
- 调查类动物在控制SAR11种群中的作用.
- 为了识别和描述类动物感染周期中的新阶段.
主要方法:
- 光在位杂交 (FISH) 用于检测和量化菌素感染的SAR11细胞.
- 在大西洋,太平洋和南大洋进行全球采样.
- 在植物浮游生物繁荣期间的案例研究分析.
主要成果:
- 在全球多个海洋中检测到菌体感染的SAR11细胞.
- 在植物浮游生物繁荣期间,多达19%的SAR11细胞被感染,导致5天内人口下降90%左右.
- 观察到一种新的感染阶段,称为"尸"细胞,其特征是核糖体枯竭.
结论:
- 食动物在全球范围内对SAR11种群施加了显著的控制.
- 带有核糖体枯竭的"尸"细胞代表了类动物生命周期中的潜在新阶段,可能利用核糖体RNA进行菌体基因组合成.
- 这项研究突出了海洋环境中病毒掠食的生态重要性.
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