High viral infection rates in Antarctic and Arctic bacterioplankton
(2007) In Environmental Microbiology 9(1). p.250-255- Abstract
- The frequency of visibly phage-infected bacterial cells (FVIB) and the average number of phages per cell [i.e. burst size (BS)] were determined in Antarctic and Arctic ultra-oligotrophic freshwater environments. Water samples were collected from two Antarctic freshwater lakes and cryoconite holes from a glacier in the Arctic. Data from this bipolar study show the highest FVIB (average 26.1%, range 5.1% to 66.7%) and the lowest BS (average 4, range 2–15) ever reported in the literature. The bacterial density is low in these ultra-oligotrophic freshwater environments but a large proportion of the bacteria are visibly infected. Our results suggest that a constant virioplankton population can be maintained in these extreme environments even... (More)
- The frequency of visibly phage-infected bacterial cells (FVIB) and the average number of phages per cell [i.e. burst size (BS)] were determined in Antarctic and Arctic ultra-oligotrophic freshwater environments. Water samples were collected from two Antarctic freshwater lakes and cryoconite holes from a glacier in the Arctic. Data from this bipolar study show the highest FVIB (average 26.1%, range 5.1% to 66.7%) and the lowest BS (average 4, range 2–15) ever reported in the literature. The bacterial density is low in these ultra-oligotrophic freshwater environments but a large proportion of the bacteria are visibly infected. Our results suggest that a constant virioplankton population can be maintained in these extreme environments even though host density is low and often slow growing. (Less)
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- Säwström, Christin LU ; Granéli, Wilhelm LU ; Laybourn-Parry, Johanna and Anesio, Alexandre Magno LU
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- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- bacteria, antarctic, virus, arctic, lake
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- Environmental Microbiology
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- 9
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 250 - 255
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000243294900032
- scopus:33846105433
- ISSN
- 1462-2920
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01135.x
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- English
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- yes
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title = {{High viral infection rates in Antarctic and Arctic bacterioplankton}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01135.x}},
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