Interactions between marine microorganisms and their phages  

作　　者：ZHANG YongYu HUANG ChunXiao YANG Jun JIAO NianZhi 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China [2]State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China [3]Xiamen No. 1 High School of Fujian, Xiamen 361003, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2011年第17期1770-1777,共8页

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41006087,91028001 and 41076063);the MEL Young Scientist Visiting Fellowship (MELRS0931);the Key Science and Technology Project of Fujian Province,China (2009Y0044)

摘　　要：Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in marine ecosystems.Most of them are phages that infect bacteria and archaea.Phages play important roles in causing the mortality of prokaryotic cells,structuring microbial communities,mediating horizontal gene transfer between different microbes,influencing the microbial food web process,and promoting biogeochemical cycles (such as C,N,etc.) in the ocean.Here we provided an overview of recent advances in research on the interactions between marine microorganisms and their phages,and suggest future research directions based on our understanding of the literature and our own work.Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in marine ecosystems. Most of them are phages that infect bacteria and archaea. Phages play important roles in causing the mortality of prokaryotic cells, structuring microbial communities, mediating horizontal gene transfer between different microbes, influencing the microbial food web process, and promoting biogeochemical cycles （such as C, N, etc.） in the ocean. Here we provided an overview of recent advances in research on the interactions between marine microorganisms and their phages, and suggest future research directions based on our understanding of the literature and our own work.

关 键 词：海洋微生物 相互作用 噬菌体 生物地球化学循环 微生物群落结构 海洋生态系统 原核细胞 基因转移 

分 类 号：Q938.8[生物学—微生物学]