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SUBMITTER: Winget DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3136265 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Winget Danielle M DM Helton Rebekah R RR Williamson Kurt E KE Bench Shellie R SR Williamson Shannon J SJ Wommack K Eric KE
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110627 28
The Chesapeake Bay, a seasonally variable temperate estuary, provides a natural laboratory for examining the fluctuations and impacts of viral lysis on aquatic microorganisms. Viral abundance (VA) and viral production (VP) were monitored in the Chesapeake Bay over 4 1/2 annual cycles, producing a unique, long-term, interannual study of virioplankton production. High and dynamic VP rates, averaging 7.9 × 10(6) viruses per mL per h, indicate that viral lysis impacts a significant fraction of micro ...[more]