Re-examining the relationship between virus and microbial cell abundances in the global oceans
Charles H. Wigington, Derek L. Sonderegger, Corina P.D. Brussaard, Alison Buchan, Jan F. Finke, Jed Fuhrman, Jay T. Lennon, Mathias Middelboe, Curtis A. Suttle, Charles Stock, William H. Wilson, K. Eric Wommack, Steven W. Wilhelm, Joshua S. Weitz
This study re-examines the relationship between virus and microbial cell abundances in the ocean, finding that virus-to-prokaryote ratios vary nonlinearly and are better described by power-law functions than fixed ratios.
Nature Microbiology · Jan 25, 2016Peer-reviewedEcology