ArticleThe New phytologist2021
Virus-induced spore formation as a defense mechanism in marine diatoms.
Article in The New phytologist, 2021. 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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- Gene expression during the formation of resting spores induced by nitrogen starvation in the marine diatom Chaetoceros socialis.BMC genomics · 2023Article
- 'Boom-and-busted' dynamics of phytoplankton-virus interactions explain the paradox of the plankton.The New phytologist · 2022Article
- Trade-off between sex and growth in diatoms: Molecular mechanisms and demographic implications.Science advances · 2022Article
- Dinophyceae can use exudates as weapons against the parasite Amoebophrya sp. (Syndiniales).ISME communications · 2021Article
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Abstract
Algal viruses are important contributors to carbon cycling, recycling nutrients and organic material through host lysis. Although viral infection has been described as a primary mechanism of phytoplankton mortality, little is known about host defense responses. We show that viral infection of the bloom-forming, planktonic diatom Chaetoceros socialis induces the mass formation of resting spores, a heavily silicified life cycle stage associated with carbon export due to rapid sinking. Although viral RNA was detected within spores, mature virions were not observed. 'Infected' spores were capable of germinating, but did not propagate or transmit infectious viruses. These results demonstrate that diatom spore formation is an effective defense strategy against viral-mediated mortality. They provide a possible mechanistic link between viral infection, bloom termination, and mass carbon export events and highlight an unappreciated role of viruses in regulating diatom life cycle transitions and ecological success.
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