Viruses,the most diverse of all biological entities,are ubiquitous and can influence nearly all life forms on Earth[1].The preliminary pathway through which viruses affect microbialmetabolism and evolution is viral in...Viruses,the most diverse of all biological entities,are ubiquitous and can influence nearly all life forms on Earth[1].The preliminary pathway through which viruses affect microbialmetabolism and evolution is viral infection[2].There are two distinct infection modes for viruses interacting with prokaryotes,namely temperate and virulent lifestyles[3].Virulent viruses trigger their hosts’death by lysis once they invade the host cells[2],whereas temperate viruses can replicate alongside their host inthe lysogenic cycle until a lytic cycle is induced[2,3].It has beenreported that viral lifestyles are key determinants of virusencoded auxiliary metabolic genes(AMGs)that are crucial toolboxes for viruses to reprogram host metabolisms[4].An in-depthinvestigation of virus-microbe infection modes over a broad geographical scale is thus vital for understanding the potential effectsof viruses on the microbial community and biogeochemical cycles.展开更多
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文摘Viruses,the most diverse of all biological entities,are ubiquitous and can influence nearly all life forms on Earth[1].The preliminary pathway through which viruses affect microbialmetabolism and evolution is viral infection[2].There are two distinct infection modes for viruses interacting with prokaryotes,namely temperate and virulent lifestyles[3].Virulent viruses trigger their hosts’death by lysis once they invade the host cells[2],whereas temperate viruses can replicate alongside their host inthe lysogenic cycle until a lytic cycle is induced[2,3].It has beenreported that viral lifestyles are key determinants of virusencoded auxiliary metabolic genes(AMGs)that are crucial toolboxes for viruses to reprogram host metabolisms[4].An in-depthinvestigation of virus-microbe infection modes over a broad geographical scale is thus vital for understanding the potential effectsof viruses on the microbial community and biogeochemical cycles.
