Eukaryotic virus composition can predict the efficiency of carbon export in the global ocean
H. Kaneko, R. Blanc-Mathieu, H. Endo, S. Chaffron, T. O. Delmont, M. Gaia, N. Henry, R. Hernandez Velazquez, C. H. Nguyen, H. Mamitsuka, P. Forterre, O. Jaillon, C. de Vargas, M. B. Sullivan, C. A. Suttle, , H. Ogata
This study links viral community composition to carbon export efficiency in the global ocean, finding that viral marker genes explain 67% of variation in CEE.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2020Ecology