Combined Effects of Elevated pCO₂ and Warming Facilitate Cyanophage Infections.

ABSTRACT: Elevated pCO₂ and warming are generally expected to influence cyanobacterial growth, and may promote the formation of blooms. Yet, both climate change factors may also influence cyanobacterial mortality by favoring pathogens, such as viruses, which will depend on the ability of the host to adapt. To test this hypothesis, we grew Plectonema boryanum IU597 under two temperature (25 and 29°C) and two pCO₂ (400 and 800 μatm) conditions for 1 year, after which all treatments were re-exposed to control conditions for a period of 3 weeks. At several time points during the 1 year period, and upon re-exposure, we measured various infection characteristics of it associated cyanophage PP, including the burst size, latent period, lytic cycle and the efficienc

SUBMITTER: Cheng K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5468398 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature