ArticleMicrobial ecology2018
Size-dependent Catalysis of Chlorovirus Population Growth by A Messy Feeding Predator.
Article in Microbial ecology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- A giant virus in a small lake: characterization of a new tropical algal virus expands the geographical and genetic diversity of the Brazilian virosphere.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Responses of Protozoan Communities to Multiple Environmental Stresses (Warming, Eutrophication, and Pesticide Pollution).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Lessons from Chloroviruses: the Complex and Diverse Roles of Viruses in Food Webs.Journal of virology · 2023Review
- Viral Complexity.Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Catalysis of Chlorovirus Production by the Foraging ofMicroorganisms · 2021Article
- Chloroviruses.Viruses · 2019Review
- Chloroviruses Lure Hosts through Long-Distance Chemical Signaling.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- Review
- Why Are Algal Viruses Not Always Successful?Viruses · 2018Review
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Abstract
Many chloroviruses replicate in endosymbiotic zoochlorellae that are protected from infection by their symbiotic host. To reach the high virus concentrations that often occur in natural systems, a mechanism is needed to release zoochlorellae from their hosts. We demonstrate that the ciliate predator Didinium nasutum foraging on zoochlorellae-bearing Paramecium bursaria can release live zoochlorellae from the ruptured prey cell that can then be infected by chloroviruses. The catalysis process is very effective, yielding roughly 95% of the theoretical infectious virus yield as determined by sonication of P. bursaria. Chlorovirus activation is more effective with smaller Didinia, as larger Didinia typically consume entire P. bursaria cells without rupturing them, precluding the release of zoochlorellae. We also show that the timing of Chlorovirus growth is tightly linked to the predator-prey cycle between Didinium and Paramecium, with the most rapid increase in chloroviruses temporally linked to the peak foraging rate of Didinium, supporting the idea that predator-prey cycles can drive cycles of Chlorovirus abundance.
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