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SUBMITTER: Vage S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5132033 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Våge Selina S Pree Bernadette B Thingstad T Frede TF
Environmental microbiology 20160705 11
For more than 25 years, virus-to-bacteria ratios (VBR) have been measured and interpreted as indicators of the importance of viruses in aquatic ecosystems, yet a generally accepted theory for understanding mechanisms controlling VBR is still lacking. Assuming that the denominator (total bacterial abundance) is primarily predator controlled, while viral lysis compensates for host growth rates exceeding this grazing loss, the numerator (viral abundance) reflects activity differences between prokar ...[more]