Diversity of aquatic viruses from genes to host interactions

  • Nilsson, Emelie
Publication date
January 2020
Publisher
Växjö : Linnaeus University Press

Abstract

Viruses are the most numerous entities on Earth, and can be found in all waters. In aquatic ecosystems, viruses are key players since they alter the way energy and nutrients are transferred by killing larger organisms. However, we still lack fundamental knowledge about aquatic viruses’ diversity, prevalence and in what ways and to what extant viruses influence their hosts. Therefore, I used laboratory and bioinformatic methods to investigate who these viruses are and in what ways they interact with their hosts. Previously unknown viruses within the deep biosphere as well as in Baltic Sea surface water were characterised. Bioinformatic approaches were used to describe the entire viral community in three different waters from the deep biosphe...

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