Trade-off between competition ability and invulnerability to predation in marine microbes; protist grazing versus viral lysis effects
J. W. Yang, F.-H. Chang, Y.-C. Yeh, A.-Y. Tsai, K.-P. Chiang, F.-K. Shiah, G.-C. Gong, C.-h. Hsieh
The paper investigates trade-offs between bacterial competitiveness and predation invulnerability in marine communities, finding stronger trade-offs under viral lysis than protist grazing.
bioRxiv · Oct 9, 2021 · PreprintEcology