Growth rate determines prokaryote-provirus network modulated by temperature and host genetic traits.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prokaryote-virus interactions play key roles in driving biogeochemical cycles. However, little is known about the drivers shaping their interaction network structures, especially from the host features. Here, we compiled 7656 species-level genomes in 39 prokaryotic phyla across environments globally and explored how their interaction specialization is constrained by host life history traits, such as growth rate.

Results

We first reported that host growth rate indicated by the reverse of minimal doubling time was negatively related to interaction specialization for host in host-provirus network across various ecosystems and taxonomy groups. Such a negative linear growth rate-specialization relationship (GrSR) was dependent on host optimal growth temperature (OGT),

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9195381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature