Marine viruses 2016 / / edited by Mathias Middelboe, Corina P.D. Brussaard.

• TeilnehmendeR: Middelboe, Mathias,; Brussaard, Corina P. D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel, Switzerland : : MDPI,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) :; illustrations

The research effort, publication rate and scientific community within the field of marine viruses have been growing rapidly over the past decade and viruses are now known to play key roles in microbial population dynamics, diversity and evolution as well as biogeochemical cycling. The compilation of papers included in the current Special Issue highlights the exploration of eukaryotic and prokaryotic viruses, from discovery to complex interplays between virus and host and virus-host interactions with ecologically relevant environmental variables. The discovery of novel viruses and new mechanisms underlying virus distribution and diversity exemplify the fascinating world of marine viruses. The oceans greatly shape Earth's climate, hold 1.37 billion km3 of seawater, produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere, and are integral to all known life. In a time where life in the oceans is under increasing threat (global warming, pollution, economic use) it is pressing to understand how viruses affect host population dynamics, biodiversity, biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem efficiency.

Table of Contents

Marine viruses: key players in marine ecosystems / Mathias Middelboe and Corina P.D. Brussaard -- Viral protein kinetics of piscine orthoreovirus infection in Atlantic salmon blood cells / Hanne Merethe Haatveit, Øystein Wessel, Morten Lund, Bernd Thiede, Ingvild Berg Nyman, Stine Braaen, Maria Krudtaa Dahle and Espen Rimstad -- Nutrients and other environmental factors influence virus abundances across oxic and hypoxic marine environments / Jan F. Finke, Brian P.V. Hunt, Christian Winter, Eddy C. Carmack and Curtis A. Suttle -- The response of heterotropic prokaryote and viral communities to labile organic carbon inputs is controlled by the predator food chain structure / Ruth-Anne Sandaa, Bernadette Pree, Aud Larsen, Selooina Vage, Birte Topper, Joachim P. Topper, Runa Thyrhaug and Tron Frede Thingstad -- Seasonal dynamics of haptophytes and dsDNA algal viruses suggest complex virus-host relationship / Torill Vik Johannessen, Aud Larsen, Gunnar Bratbak, Anto´nio Pagarete, Bente Edvardsen, Elianne D. Egge and Ruth-Anne Sandaa -- Change in Emiliania huxleyi virus assemblage diversity but not in host genetic composition during an ocean acidification mesocosm experiment / Andrea Highfield, Ian Joint, Jack A. Gilbert, Katharine J. Crawfurd and Declan C. Schroeder -- Characterization and temperature dependence of arctic Micromonas polaris virusese / Douwe S. Maat, Tristan Biggs, Claire Evans, Judith D.L. Bleijswijk, Nicole N. van der Weil, Bas E. Dutilh and Corina P.S. Brussaard -- A pelagic microbiome (viruses to protists) from a small cup of seawater / Flavia Flaviani, Declan C. Schroeder, Cecilia Balestreri, Joanna L. Schroeder, Karen Moore, Konrad Paszkiewicz, Maya C. Pfaff and edward P. Rybicki -- Isolation and characterization of a double stranded DNA megavirus infecting the toxin-producing haptophyte Prymnesium parvum / Ben A. Wagstaff, Iulia C. Vladu, J. Elaine Barclay, Declan C. Schroeder, Gill Mallin and Robert A. Field -- Isolation and characterization of Shewanella phage-host system from the gut of the tunicate, Ciona intestnalis / Brittany Leigh, Charlotte Karzer, John P. Cannon, Mya Breibart and Larry J. Dishaw -- Stumbling across the same phage: comparative genomics of widespread temperate phages infecting the fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum / Panos G. Kalatzis, Nanna Iben Rørbo, Daneil Castillo, Jesper Juel Maurtizen, Jo´hanna Jørgensen, Constantina Kokkari, Faxing Zhang, Pantelis Katharios and Mathisas Middelboe -- A novel roseoiphophage isolated from the oligotrophic South China Sea / Yunlan Yang, Lanlan Cai, Ruijie Ma, Yongle Xu, Yigang Tong, Yong Huang, Nianzhi Jiao and Rui Zhang -- Coccolithoviruses: a review of cross-kingdom genomic thievery and metabolic thuggery / Jozef I. Nissimov, Anto´nio Pagarete, Fangrui Ma, Sean Cody, David D. Dunigan, Susan A. Kimmance and Michael J. Allen -- Two Synechococcus genes, two different effects on cyanophage infection / Ayalla Fedida and Debbie Lindell -- Schro¨dinger's cheshire cat: are haploid Emiliania huxleyi cells resistant to viral infection or not? / Gideon J. Mordecai, Frederic Verret, Andrea Highfield and Declan C. Schroeder -- Virus resistance is not costly in a marine alga evolving under multiple environmental stressors / Sarah E. Heath, Kirsten Knox, Pedro F. Vale and Sinead Collins -- Emerging interaction patterns in the Emiliania huxleyi-Eh V system / Eliana Ruiz, Monique Oosterhof, Ruth-Anne Sandaa, Aud Larsen and Anto´nio Pagarete -- Marine prasinoviruses and their tiny plankton hosts: a review / Karen D. Wynberg, Michael J. Allen and William H. Wilson -- A student's guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes: from Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae / Steven W. Wilhelm, Jordan T. Bird, Kyle S. Bonifer, Benjamin C. Calfee, Tian Chen, Samantha R. Coy, P. Jackson Gainer, Eric R. Gann, Huston T. Heatherly, Jasper Lee, Xiaolong Liang, Jiang Liu, April C. Armes, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, J. Hunter Rice, Joshua M.A. Stough, Robert N. Tams, Evan P. Williams and Gary R. LeClair.