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

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...

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Autores principales: Gao, Yang, Lu, Yao, Dungait, Jennifer A. J., Liu, Jianbao, Lin, Shunhe, Jia, Junjie, Yu, Guirui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9001988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35425734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.858615
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author Gao, Yang
Lu, Yao
Dungait, Jennifer A. J.
Liu, Jianbao
Lin, Shunhe
Jia, Junjie
Yu, Guirui
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-90019882022-04-13 The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene Gao, Yang Lu, Yao Dungait, Jennifer A. J. Liu, Jianbao Lin, Shunhe Jia, Junjie Yu, Guirui Front Public Health Public Health 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9001988/ /pubmed/35425734 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.858615 Text en Copyright © 2022 Gao, Lu, Dungait, Liu, Lin, Jia and Yu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Gao, Yang
Lu, Yao
Dungait, Jennifer A. J.
Liu, Jianbao
Lin, Shunhe
Jia, Junjie
Yu, Guirui
The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene
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title_full The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene
title_fullStr The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene
title_full_unstemmed The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene
title_short The “Regulator” Function of Viruses on Ecosystem Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene
title_sort “regulator” function of viruses on ecosystem carbon cycling in the anthropocene
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9001988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35425734
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.858615
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