Adaptation to sub-optimal hosts is a driver of viral diversification in the ocean

oleh: Hagay Enav, Shay Kirzner, Debbie Lindell, Yael Mandel-Gutfreund, Oded Béjà

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

Marine cyanophages infect oceanic cyanobacteria that are important contributors to global primary production. By using an experimental evolution approach, here the authors show that adaptation to sub-optimal cyanobacterial hosts result in genomic diversification of cyanophage populations.