Ocean Acidification Induces Changes in Virus-Host Relationships in Mediterranean Benthic Ecosystems.

ABSTRACT: Acidified marine systems represent "natural laboratories", which provide opportunities to investigate the impacts of ocean acidification on different living components, including microbes. Here, we compared the benthic microbial response in four naturally acidified sites within the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea characterized by different acidification sources (i.e., CO2 emissions at Ischia, mixed gases at Panarea and Basiluzzo and acidified freshwater from karst rocks at Presidiana) and pH values. We investigated prokaryotic abundance, activity and biodiversity, viral abundance and prokaryotic infections, along with the biochemical composition of the sediment organic matter. We found that, despite differences in local environmental dynamics, viral life strategies change in acidified conditions f

SUBMITTER: Tangherlini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8067541 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature