Bacteriophage ecology in environmental biotechnology processes

Orr H. Shapiro; Ariel Kushmaro

doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2011.01.012

Bacteriophage ecology in environmental biotechnology processes

Orr H. Shapiro, Ariel Kushmaro

Department of Biotechnology Engineering

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Heterotrophic bacteria are an integral part of any environmental biotechnology process (EBP). Therefore, factors controlling bacterial abundance, activity, and community composition are central to the understanding of such processes. Among these factors, top-down control by bacteriophage predation has so far received very limited attention. With over 10⁸ particles per ml, phage appear to be the most numerous biological entities in EBP. Phage populations in EBP appear to be highly dynamic and to correlate with the population dynamics of their hosts and genomic evidence suggests bacteria evolve to avoid phage predation. Clearly, there is much to learn regarding bacteriophage in EBP before we can truly understand the microbial ecology of these globally important systems.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	449-455
Number of pages	7
Journal	Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2011.01.012
State	Published - 1 Jun 2011

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Biotechnology
Bioengineering
Biomedical Engineering

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