Ecological constraints foster both extreme viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community
Jeffrey Liang, Karine Cahier, Damien Piel, Dario Cueva Granda, David Goudenège, Yannick Labreuche, Laurence Ma, Marc Monot, Charles Bernard, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Frédérique Le Roux
The paper investigates viral-host lineage stability and mobile element diversity in a marine community, finding that ecological constraints promote long-term stability and diversity of phages and mobile genetic elements.
bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology