Noa Barak-Gavish

Synergy in viral-bacterial co-infection expedites algal bloom demise.

Algal bloom demise, often caused by viruses, is a major driver of carbon cycling in the surface ocean1,2. However, although blooms collapse synchronously, fewer than 30% of algal cells are actively infected by viruses3, indicating the involvement of additional mortality agents. Here we quantified tripartite interaction...