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)
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 mic...