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病毒是地球上数量最多的生命体,在调控寄主群落结构、促进元素生物地球化学循环和生物进化中起到重要的作用。病毒被喻为生物“暗物质”。近年来,海洋环境下病毒生态学研究进展迅速;与此相反,在陆地生态系统,特别是土壤环境中病毒研究进展缓慢。文章从生态学角度对目前有关土壤病毒丰度、形态多样性、基因多样性、研究方法和生态功能等进行简要的阐述,目的在于呼吁从事土壤微生物和土壤生态学研究的工作者重视对土壤病毒的研究工作,从而促进土壤病毒生态学科的发展。
Viruses are the largest number of living organisms on earth and play an important role in regulating the structure of host communities, promoting elemental biogeochemical cycles and biological evolution. Viruses are termed biological “dark matter.” In recent years, rapid progress has been made in the study of virus ecology in the marine environment; on the contrary, research on viruses in terrestrial ecosystems, especially in the soil environment, has been slow. The article briefly describes the current status of soil virus abundance, morphological diversity, gene diversity, research methods and ecological functions from the point of view of ecology. The purpose of this paper is to urge workers engaged in soil microbial and soil ecology to pay attention to soil virus Research work to promote the development of soil virus ecology.