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In applied settings, understanding lytic-lysogenic dynamics may aid in improving biotechnological processes, such as in agricultural or food production, but such knowledge is in its infancy. These offer models of microbial succession during fermentations that are both ecologically and economically interesting given that prophages can be both beneficial improving host fitness and detrimental lysing cells upon induction.
In host-associated systems, lysogeny studies have largely focused on microbial virulence Brussow et al. In humans, temperate phages appear common Abeles and Pride, ; De Paepe et al. In addition, infection dynamics of the human gut virome Waller et al. Another study found increased expression of phage genes involved in lytic cycles during periodontal disease Santiago-Rodriguez et al.
Given the importance of microbiota in health and disease Alivisatos et al. Further, investigation of specific temperate phage—host interaction dynamics can reveal key players driving ecosystem change Allen et al. Across host genomes, patterns are emerging in both the types of bacteria that are commonly lysogenized and prophage diversity. Correlations between prophage frequency and bacterial growth rates, genome size and pathogenicity have been found Touchon et al. For example, prophages have been associated only with invasive Staphylococcus aureus strains Goerke et al.
A combination of approaches for investigating lysogeny in bacterial isolates and complex communities Figure 3 can be used to assess its abundance, diversity and activity.
Experimental methods for detecting lysogeny have provided foundational mechanistic and ecological knowledge, but are recognized to have methodological issues. First, they often require exposure to stressors or lysogen dilution Paul and Weinbauer, , which can have variable induction efficiencies Braid et al. Second, quantifying induction is problematic as virion enumeration is challenging on field samples Forterre et al.
Here, we focus on how sequencing-based methods can complement more traditional experimental approaches and help formulate hypotheses to experimentally test.
Approaches and methods pipeline for characterizing lysogeny. Multiple approaches to investigating lysogeny can be applied to a bacterial community either prior to induction, following induction or to isolate samples.
Community samples may be divided into bacterial and viral fractions, where the DNA can be sequenced metagenomics and prophages analyzed bioinformatically. In addition, sequencing RNA metatranscriptomics and protein metaproteomics may provide information on abundance and activity.
Treatment of samples with inducing agents e. When paired with single-cell resolution, infection dynamics can be followed to determine the prophage type e. A combination of these approaches can inform the distribution, abundance and types of temperate phages, lysogens, and uninfected hosts, as well as increase our mechanistic understanding of the establishment, maintenance and dynamics of temperate phage infections.
Prophage sequences can be identified from whole or draft microbial isolate genomes Lima-Mendez et al. Such sequence-based approaches can even help identify hosts Waller et al. Prophage functionality, however, from in silico prediction requires experimental validation. In addition, activity can be inferred from presence in metatranscriptomes Dupont et al.
Although confirming activity depends on experimental induction, this latter approach revealed seasonal patterns in lysogen frequency, inversely correlated to bacterial productivity in Antarctic Ocean waters Brum et al. Sequence-based approaches can be improved with better technology to obtain Brown et al. Experimentally, there is critical need for developing both additional experimental approaches that can help test in silico -derived hypotheses, and new model systems that can capture the diversity of lysogenic infections in nature.
Here, methods for gene marker-based approaches are emerging for single-cell resolution including microfluidic digital PCR Tadmor et al.
These can help discriminate between lysogeny and poorly characterized lysogenic Abedon, or inefficiently lytic Dang et al. Although such methods could be improved, as discussed in Dang and Sullivan, , they nevertheless still should be helpful for characterizing lysogenic infections. Temperate phages can switch between infection modes that have different but significant affects on microbial communities.
Lytic cycles both kill and solubilize host bacteria, whereas lysogenic cycles impact host cells more subtly, both physiologically and genetically.
Though lysogeny has been long recognized, fundamental questions nonetheless remain: i How do lysogen abundances change across space, time and taxa?
Numerous emerging approaches offer opportunities to develop model systems, as well as study the diverse ecological roles that lysogens have in natural microbial communities. Given these new approaches, we posit that as lytic phages have dominated the viral ecology literature to date, temperate phages should soon share the spotlight. The authors declare no conflict of interest. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. ISME J. Published online Mar Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer.
E-mail: moc. This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Viruses that infect bacteria phages can influence bacterial community dynamics, bacterial genome evolution and ecosystem biogeochemistry. Why study lysogeny? Open in a separate window. Figure 1. Concept Box. Lysogeny mechanistic diversity Most molecular knowledge of lysogeny has been derived from a handful of E.
Establishment Given evasion of host resistance mechanisms Samson et al. Benefits and consequences of lysogeny Temperate phages alter the biology of their hosts and, in turn, influence the surrounding community of host and non-host cells Figure 1c. Genetic, ecological and functional insights into lysogeny Viral ecology has been extensively studied and reviewed, providing insights into lysogeny and its influencing factors that we synthesize here Figure 2.
Figure 2. Where to explore lysogeny next Next-generation sequencing is beginning to map viral diversity across less-explored ecosystems, using genomes derived from viral particles Reyes et al. Emerging approaches to study lysogeny in nature A combination of approaches for investigating lysogeny in bacterial isolates and complex communities Figure 3 can be used to assess its abundance, diversity and activity. Figure 3.
Sequencing-enabled approaches for identifying and quantifying temperate phages: Prophage sequences can be identified from whole or draft microbial isolate genomes Lima-Mendez et al. Improving sequence-based and experimental characterization of lysogeny: Sequence-based approaches can be improved with better technology to obtain Brown et al. Conclusions Temperate phages can switch between infection modes that have different but significant affects on microbial communities.
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MBio 2 : e Single-cell and population level viral infection dynamics revealed by phageFISH, a method to visualize intracellular and free viruses. Environ Microbiol 15 : In humans, viruses can cause many diseases. For example, the flu is caused by the influenza virus. Typically, viruses cause an immune response in the host, and this kills the virus. However, some viruses are not successfully treated by the immune system, such as human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
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The Rights Holder for media is the person or group credited. The difference between lysogenic and lytic cycles is that, in lysogenic cycles , the spread of the viral DNA occurs through the usual prokaryotic reproduction, whereas a lytic cycle is more immediate in that it results in many copies of the virus being created very quickly and the cell is destroyed. Subsequently, question is, how do viruses take over cells?
Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce. When it comes into contact with a host cell , a virus can insert its genetic material into its host, literally taking over the host's functions.
An infected cell produces more viral protein and genetic material instead of its usual products. During the lytic cycle of viral replication, the virus hijacks the host cell, degrades the host chromosome, and makes more viral genomes.
Once released, this virion will then inject the former host's DNA into a newly infected host. Cell lysis. Cell lysis is a common outcome of viral infection. Cell lysis is actively induced by viruses using various mechanisms: Viroporins: Some eukaryotic lytic viruses like the Adenoviridae , and Picornaviridae encode viroporins in the late phase of infection in order to disrupt the cell membrane.
In the lytic cycle, the phage replicates and lyses the host cell. In the lysogenic cycle, phage DNA is incorporated into the host genome, where it is passed on to subsequent generations. Environmental stressors such as starvation or exposure to toxic chemicals may cause the prophage to excise and enter the lytic cycle.
What viruses use the lytic cycle? Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophages may have a lytic cycle or a lysogenic cycle, and a few viruses are capable of carrying out both.
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