Direct estimates of the contribution of viral lysis and microzooplankton grazing to the decline of a Micromonas spp. population

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Evans, Claire ^a,b,c   Archer, Stephen D ^a   Jacquet, Stéphan ^d,e   Wilson, William H ^a,b,f  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilution technique; Micromonas spp.; Microzooplankton grazing; Viral lysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MICROMONAS;

EID: 0037461966     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame030207     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Banse K (1992) Grazing, temporal changes of phyoplankton concentrations, and the microbial loop in the open sea. In: Falkowski PG, Woodhead AD (eds) Primary productivity and biogeochemical cycles in the sea. Plenum Press, New York, p 409-440
2. Bratbak G, Thingstad TF, Heldal M (1994) Viruses and the microbial loop. Microb Ecol 28:209-221
3. Bratbak G, Wilson W, Heldal M (1996) Viral control of Emiliania huxleyi blooms? J Mar Syst 9:75-81
4. Chen F, Suttle CA (1995) Amplification of DNA-polymerase gene fragments from viruses infecting microalgae. Appl Environ Microbiol 61:1274-1278
5. Chen F, Suttle CA (1996) Evolutionary relationships among large double-stranded DNA viruses that infect microalgae and other organisms as inferred from DNA polymerase genes. Virology 219:170-178
6. Chen F, Suttle CA, Short SM (1996) Genetic diversity in marine algal virus communities as revealed by sequence analysis of DNA polymerase genes. Appl Environ Microbiol 62:2869-2874
7. Chiura HX (1997) Generalized gene transfer by virus-like particles from marine bacteria. Aquat Microb Ecol 13:75-83
8. Cottrell MT, Suttle CA (1991) Widespread occurrence and clonal variation in viruses which cause lysis of a cosmopolitan, eukaryotic marine phytoplankter, Micromonas pusilla. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 78:1-9
9. Cottrell MT, Suttle CA (1995a) Dynamics of a lytic virus infecting the photosynthetic marine picoflagellate Micromonas pusilla. Limnol Oceanogr 40:730-739
10. Cottrell MT, Suttle CA (1995b) Genetic diversity of algal viruses which lyse the photosynthetic picoflagellate Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae). Appl Environ Microbiol 61:3088-3091
11. Egge JK, Aksnes DL (1992) Silicate as regulating nutrient in phytoplankton competition. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 83:281-289
12. Epstein SS, Shiaris MP (1992) Size selective grazing of coastal bacterioplankton by natural assemblages of pigmented flagellates, colourless flagellates, and ciliates. Microb Ecol 23:211-225
13. Føyn L, Magnussen M, Seglem K (1981) Automatic analysis of nutrients with on-line data processing. A presentation of the construction and functioning of the system used at the Institute of Marine Research. Fisken Havet Ser B4:1-39
14. Fuhrman JA (1999) Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects. Nature 399:541-548
15. Fuhrman JA, Noble RT (1995) Viruses and protists cause similar bacterial mortality in coastal seawater. Liminol Oceanogr 40:1236-1242
16. Gobler CJ, Hutchins DA, Fisher NS, Cosper EM, Saňudo-Wilhelmy SA (1997) Release and bioavailability of C, N, P, Se and Fe following viral lysis of a marine chrysophyte. Limnol Oceanogr 42:1492-1504
17. Guixa-Boixereu N, Lysnes K, Pedros-Alio C (1999) Viral lysis and bacteriovory during a phytoplankton bloom in a coastal water microcosm. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:1949-1958
18. Hennes KP, Suttle CA, Chan AM (1995) Fluorescently labeled virus probes show that natural virus populations can control the structure of marine microbial communities. Appl Environ Microbiol 61:3623-3627
19. Hewson IJ, O'Neil M, Fuhrman JA, Dennison WC (2001) Virus-like particle distribution and abundance in sediments and overlying waters along eutrophication gradients in two subtropical estuaries. Limnol Oceanogr 46:1734-1746
20. Jacquet S, Heldal M, Iglesias-Rodriguez D, Larsen A, Wilson WH, Bratbak G (2002) Flow cytometric analysis of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom terminated by viral infection. Aquat Microb Ecol 27:111-124
21. Landry MR, Hassett RP (1982) Estimating the grazing impact of marine microzooplankton. Mar Biol 67:283-288
22. Landry MR, Kirshtein J, Constantinou J (1995) A refined dilution technique for measuring the community grazing impact of microzooplankton, with experimental test in the central equatorial Pacific. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 120:53-63
23. Larsen A, Castberg T, Sandaa RA, Brussaard CPD and 6 others (2001) Population dynamics and diversity of phytoplankton, bacteria and viruses in a seawater enclosure. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 221:47-57
24. Manton I, Parke M (1960) Further observations on small green flagellates with special reference to possible relatives of Chromulina pusilla Butcher. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 39:275-298
25. Mayer JA, Taylor FJR (1979) A virus which lyses the marine nanoflagellate Micromonas pusilla. Nature 281:299-301
26. Montagnes DS, Berges JA, Harrison PJ, Taylor FJM (1994) Estimating carbon, nitrogen, protein and chlorophyll a from marine-phytoplankton. Limnol Oceanogr 39:1044-1060
27. Parsons TR, Maita Y, Lalli CM (1984) A manual of chemical and biological methods for seawater analysis. Pergamon Press, Oxford
28. Pedros-Alio C, Calderon-Paz JI, Gasol JM (2000) Comparative analysis shows that bacteriovory, not viral lysis, controls the abundance of heterotrophic prokaryotic plankton. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 32:157-165
29. Sahlsten E (1998) Seasonal abundance in Skagerrak-Kattegat coastal waters and host specificity of viruses infecting the marine photosynthetic flagellate Micromonas pusilla. Aquat Microb Ecol 16:103-108
30. Sahlsten E, Karlson B (1998) Vertical distribution of virus-like particles (VLP) and viruses infecting Micromonas pusilla during late summer in the southeastern Skagerrak, North Atlantic. J Plankton Res 20:2207-2212
31. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ (1995) Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research. WH Freeman, New York
32. Steward GF, Smith DC, Azam F (1996) Abundance and production of bacteria and viruses in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 131:287-300
33. Strickland JDH, Parsons TR (1972) A practical handbook of seawater analysis. Bull Fish Res Board Can 167
34. Suttle CA (1994) The Significance of Viruses to Mortality in Aquatic Microbial Communities. Microb Ecol 28:237-243
35. Suttle CA (2000) Ecological, evolutionary and geochemical consequences of viral infection of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae. In: Hurst CJ (ed) Viral ecology. Academic Press, London, p 247-296
36. Suttle CA, Chan AM, Rodda KM, Short SM, Weinbauer MG, Garza DR, Wilhelm SW (1996) The effect of cyanophages on Synechococcus spp. during a bloom in the western Gulf of Mexico. EOS 76 (Suppl):OS207-OS208
37. Throndsen J, Kristiansen S (1991) Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae) as part of picoplankton and nanoplankton communities of the Barents Sea. Polar Res 10:201-207
38. Tuomi P, Kuuppo P (1999) Viral lysis and grazing loss of bacteria in nutrient- and carbon- manipulated brackish water enclosures. J Plankton Res 21:923-937
39. van Hannen EJ, Zwart G, van Agterveld MP, Gons HJ, Ebert J, Laanbroek HJ (1999) Changes in bacterial and eukaryotic community structure after mass lysis of filamentous cyanobacteria associated with viruses. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:795-801
40. Weinbauer MG, Peduzzi P (1995) Significance of viruses versus heterotrophic nanoflagellates for controlling bacterial abundance in the northern Adriatic Sea. J Plankton Res 17:1851-1856
41. Weinbauer MG, Hofle MG (1998) Significance of viral lysis and flagellate grazing as factors controlling bacterioplankton production in a eutrophic lake. Appl Environ Microbiol 64:431-438
42. Wilhelm SW, Suttle CA (1999) Viruses and nutrient cycles in the sea. BioScience 49:781-788
43. Wilhelm SW, Brigden SM, Suttle CA (2002) A dilution technique for the direct measurement of viral production: a comparison in stratified and tidally mixed coastal waters. Microb Ecol 43:168-172
44. Waters RE, Chan AT (1982) Micromonas pusilla virus - the virus growth-cycle and associated physiological events within the host cells - host range mutation. J Gen Virol 63:199-206
45. Wilson WH, Tarran GA, Schroeder D, Cox M, Oke J, Malin G (2002) Isolation of viruses responsible for the demise of an Emiliania huxleyi bloom in the English Channel. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 82:369-377
46. Wommack KE, Colwell RR (2000) Virioplankton: viruses in aquatic ecosystems. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 64:69-114
47. Ypma JE, Throndsen J (1996) Seasonal dynamics of bacteria, autotrophic picoplankton and small nanoplankton in the inner Oslofjord and the Skagerrak in 1993. Sarsia 81:57-66
48. Zingone A, Sarno D, Forlani G (1999) Seasonal dynamics in the abundance of Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae) and its viruses in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea). J Plankton Res 21:2143-2159