The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene

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ID22077378
AutoresYang Gao (0009-0000-7351-748X, Chinese Academy of Sciences, autor de correspondencia), Yao Lu (0000-0002-6715-4640, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Jennifer A J Dungait (0000-0001-9074-4174, University of Exeter), Jianbao Liu (0000-0001-7970-5449, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shunhe Lin (Fuzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Junjie Jia (0000-0001-6250-0156, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guirui Yu (0000-0002-1859-8966, Chinese Academy of Sciences, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen10
Páginas858615-858615
Fecha de publicación2022-03-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
EditorialFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2022.858615
PMID35425734
OpenAlexW4221106016
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas96

Viruses act as “regulators” of the global carbon cycle because they impact the material cycles and energy flows of food webs and the microbial loop. The average contribution of viruses to the Earth ecosystem carbon cycle is 8.6‰, of which its contribution to marine ecosystems (1.4‰) is less than its contribution to terrestrial (6.7‰) and freshwater (17.8‰) ecosystems. Over the past 2,000 years, anthropogenic activities and climate change have gradually altered the regulatory role of viruses in ecosystem carbon cycling processes. This has been particularly conspicuous over the past 200 years due to rapid industrialization and attendant population growth. The progressive acceleration of the spread and reproduction of viruses may subsequently accelerate the global C cycle

Anthropocene · Biology · Carbon cycle · Climate change · Cycling · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Geography · Marine ecosystem · Population · Bacteriophages and microbial interactions · Environmental Science · Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Ecology