Unveiling the viral frontier in a warming world: temperature as a key ecological driver of viral diversity in subantarctic Chilean Patagonia fjords
Together, our findings underscore the environmental sensitivity of viral communities in subpolar marine systems and highlight their vulnerability to climate-driven changes. Given the critical role of viruses in microbial turnover, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem resilience, shifts in their diversity and structure may have far-reaching consequences for biogeochemical fluxes and food web dynamics in the fjords of Chilean Patagonia.
Authors
- Marianne Buscaglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3441-8936)
- Sergio Guajardo‐Leiva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3083-4375)
- Pilar Aparicio-Rizzo
- José Luis Iriarte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-6070)
- Wilson Castillo-Inaipil
- Ítalo Masotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7635-0021)
- Beatriz Díez
- Frederik Schulz
Institutions
- Universidad Mayor (CL)
- University of Talca (CL)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Austral University of Chile (CL)
- Joint Genome Institute (US)
- Viña del Mar University (CL)
- Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (CL)
- Center for Dynamic Research on High Latitude Marine Ecosystems (CL)
- Universidad del Mar (CL)
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CL)
- Universidad de Los Lagos (CL)
- University of Chile (CL)
- Centro de Estudios Científicos (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Microbiome
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00869-9
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00