# ecol: reprogrammed by a virus

AA << work demonstrates how a virus can amend host–viral dynamics by modulating acquisition of nutrients from the environment >>

AA << data show that a virus can acquire genes encoding nutrient transporters from a host genome and that expression of the viral gene can alter the nutrient uptake behavior of host cells >>

AA << results have implications for understanding how viruses manipulate the physiology and ecology of phytoplankton, influence marine nutrient cycles, and act as vectors for horizontal gene transfer >>

Adam Moniera, Aurelie Chambouvet, et al. Host-derived viral transporter protein for nitrogen uptake in infected marine phytoplankton. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708097114

http://m.pnas.org/content/early/2017/08/17/1708097114

<< A virus which infects ocean plankton can reprogramme cells and change the way they absorb nutrients - potentially changing how carbon is stored in the ocean >>

Virus reprograms ocean plankton.
Aug 21, 2017

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-08-virus-reprograms-ocean-plankton.html