LEADER 03225nam 2200493 450 001 9910136283703321 005 20240123004854.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000586900 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00059138 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62250 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000586900 100 $a20160714d2015 || | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aVirus ecology and disturbances $eimpact of environmental disruption on the viruses of microorganisms /$ftopic editors, Heather K. Allen and Stephen T. Abedon 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2015 210 1$a[Lausanne, Switzerland] :$cFrontiers Media SA,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (94 pages) 225 0 $aFrontiers Research Topics,$x1664-8714 311 $a2-88919-448-5 330 $aViruses infect numerous microorganisms including, predominantly, Bacteria (bacteriophages or phages) but also Archaea, Protists, and Fungi. They are the most abundant and ubiquitous biological entities on Earth and are important drivers of ecosystem functioning. Little is known, however, about the vast majority of these viruses of microorganisms, or VoMs. Modern techniques such as metagenomics have enabled the discovery and description of more presumptive VoMs than ever before, but also have exposed gaps in our understanding of VoM ecology. Exploring the ecology of these viruses ? which is how they interact with host organisms, the abiotic environment, larger organisms, and even other viruses across a variety of environments and conditions ? is the next frontier. Integration of a growing molecular understanding of VoMs with ecological studies will expand our knowledge of ecosystem dynamics. Ecology can be studied at multiple levels including individual organisms, populations, communities, whole ecosystems, and the entire biosphere. Ecology additionally can consider normal, equilibrium conditions or instead perturbations. Perturbations are of particular interest because measuring the effect of disturbances on VoM-associated communities provides important windows into how VoMs contribute to ecosystem dynamics. These disturbances in turn can be studied through in vitro, in vivo, and in situ experimentation, measuring responses by VoM-associated communities to changes in nutrient availability, stress, physical disruption, seasonality, etc., and could apply to studies at all ecological levels. These are considered here across diverse systems and environments. 606 $aViruses$xEcology 606 $aMicroorganisms 610 $ametaviromes 610 $aenvironmental disturbance 610 $aphage ecology 610 $abacteriophages 610 $aphage therapy 610 $aaquatic microbiology 610 $aevolution 610 $amicroarrays 615 0$aViruses$xEcology. 615 0$aMicroorganisms. 702 $aAllen$b Heather K. 702 $aAbedon$b Stephen T. 801 0$bWaSeSS 801 1$bWaSeSS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136283703321 996 $aVirus ecology and disturbances$92100610 997 $aUNINA