Figure 4
From: Seasonal time bombs: dominant temperate viruses affect Southern Ocean microbial dynamics
Generalized illustration showing how the dominance of temperate viruses in the Southern Ocean can delay bacterial response to phytoplankton blooms and reduce the ratio of bacterial production to primary production relative to lower-latitude marine environments. Lysogeny dominates pre-bloom and has been shown to suppress metabolic activity in host bacteria, whereas induction of lysogens at the onset of phytoplankton blooms results in bacterial mortality and production of free viruses, which proceed to cause bacterial mortality via lytic infections.
