Ecological strategies of bacteria shape inherent phage diversity in Atlantic salmon gut microbiomes.

ABSTRACT: Understanding host-specific phage diversity is essential for deciphering the complex dynamics shaping microbial ecology and evolution. However, the lack of inherent host associations between uncultivated bacteria and their viruses remains a major limitation to understanding the drivers of viral diversity and its role in bacterial ecology, particularly given the intricate specificity of phage-host interactions. The naturally low complexity of the gut microbiota within piscivorous fish, such as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), makes it a valuable model for unravelling ecological patterns of viral diversity in the context of a limited bacterial species composition, and to explore the impact of an invading pathogen on the 'steady-state' viral community. The intestinal microbiota of the salmon st

SUBMITTER: Winther-Have CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12753311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature