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Lysis, lysogeny and virus–microbe ratios

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Figure 1: Examining putative relationships between three lysogeny indicators and log-transformed microbial cell density within coral reefs.
Figure 2: Virus density is nonlinearly related to microbial cell density in several dynamic models, with declining VMR as a function of increasing microbial cell density.

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    Present address: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Joshua S. Weitz & Stephen J. Beckett

  2. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Joshua S. Weitz

  3. Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Jennifer R. Brum

  4. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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  5. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA

    B. B. Cael

  6. Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Jonathan Dushoff

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J.S.W. wrote the paper with input from S.J.B., J.R.B., B.B.C. and J.D. J.S.W., S.J.B. and B.B.C. performed model simulations and analysis. J.S.W., S.J.B. and B.B.C. performed statistical analysis. J.S.W., S.J.B., J.R.B., B.B.C. and J.D. analysed model and empirical data.

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Weitz, J., Beckett, S., Brum, J. et al. Lysis, lysogeny and virus–microbe ratios. Nature 549, E1–E3 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23295

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