Correlation with viruses enhances network complexity and stability of co-occurrence prokaryotes across the oceans.

ABSTRACT: Viruses play critical roles in shaping microbial distribution, organization, and ecological functions. However, the mechanisms behind the association and structuring of microbiomes with viruses still remain largely unknown. To understand how viruses affect the assembly of marine microbiomes, the network complexity and stability of prokaryotic microbiomes with/without viruses were analyzed and compared using the Tara Ocean Project data set, including samples collected from the Indian Ocean (IO), South Pacific Ocean (SPO), North Pacific Ocean (NPO), Mediterranean Sea, and South Atlantic Ocean. The network complexity of prokaryotic communities was substantially different across oceans, being high in the IO and low in the SPO and NPO. Network complexity and stability of marine prokaryot

SUBMITTER: Wang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12282058 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature