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dc.contributor.authorRuiz Martinez, Eliana
dc.contributor.authorBaudoux, Anne-Claire
dc.contributor.authorSimon, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorSandaa, Ruth-Anne
dc.contributor.authorThingstad, Tron Frede
dc.contributor.authorPagarete, António
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-05T11:18:11Z
dc.date.available2017-10-05T11:18:11Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.identifier.issn1462-2912en_US
dc.identifier.issn1462-2920en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/16741
dc.description.abstractViruses have recurrently been hypothesized as instrumental in driving microbial population diversity. Nonetheless, viral mediated co-existence of r/kstrategists, predicted in the Killing-the-Winner (KtW) hypothesis, remains controversial and demands empirical evidence. Therefore, we measured the life strategy parameters that characterize the relevant system Micromonas-Micromonas Virus (MicV). A large number of host and viral strains (37 and 17, respectively) were used in a total of 629 crossinfectivity tests. Algal and viral abundances were monitored by flow cytometry and used to calculate values of growth rate, resistance capacity, and viral production. Two main assumptions of the KtW model, namely (1) a resistance-associated cost on growth and (2) a negative correlation between resistance and viral production capacity, were mildly observed and lacked statistical significance. Micromonas strains infected by more MicV strains presented higher lysis and viral production rates as the number of infectious virus strains increased, suggesting a ‘one-gate’ regulation of infection in this system. MicV strains demonstrated a vast range of virion production capacity, which unexpectedly grew with increasing host-range. Overall, the significant trends observed in here demonstrate strong cointeractions at different levels between Micromonas and MicV populations, however, the role of viruses as major driving force in phytoplankton fitness wasn’t explicitly observed.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0eng
dc.titleMicromonas versus virus: New experimental insights challenge viral impacten_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2017 The Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13733
dc.source.journalEnvironmental Microbiology
dc.source.4019
dc.source.145
dc.source.pagenumber2068-2076


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