Fig. 5: Viral response to wet-up and corresponding contribution to microbial mortality. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Viral response to wet-up and corresponding contribution to microbial mortality.

From: A subset of viruses thrives following microbial resuscitation during rewetting of a seasonally dry California grassland soil

Fig. 5: Viral response to wet-up and corresponding contribution to microbial mortality.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

a Conceptual model of changes in viral richness (gray-blue) and biomass (green) over time. b Modeled contribution of viruses to microbial mortality where each line graphed represents an estimated cumulative percent contribution for a different viral burst size shown in the legend ranging from 1 virion per lysed microbial cell (darkest blue) to 200 virions per lysed microbial cell (lightest blue).

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