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

• Main Authors: Yang Gao (Author), Yao Lu (Author), Jennifer A. J. Dungait (Author), Jianbao Liu (Author), Shunhe Lin (Author), Junjie Jia (Author), Guirui Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 les...