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08 January 2024

Phages are found virtually everywhere, even in extreme environments, and are extremely diverse both in their virion structures and in their genomic content. They are thought to shape the taxonomic and functional composition of microbial communities as well as their stability. A number of studies on laboratory culture and viral metagenomic research provide deeper insights into the abundance, diversity, distribution, and interaction with hosts of phages across a wide range of ecosystems. Although most of these studies focus on easily accessible samples, such as soils, lakes, and shallow oceans, little is known about bathypelagic phages. In this study, through analyzing the 16S rRNA sequencing and viral metagenomic sequencing data of 25 samples collected from five different bathypelagic ecosystems, we detected a high diversity of bacteria and phages, particularly in the cold seep and hydrothermal vent ecosystems, which have stable chemical energy. The relative abundance of phages in these ecosystems was higher than in other three abyssal ecosystems. The low phage/host ratios obtained from host prediction were different from shallow ecosystems and indicated the prevalence of prophages, suggesting the complexity of phage–bacteria interactions in abyssal ecosystems. In the correlation analysis, we revealed several phages–bacteria interaction networks of potential ecological relevance. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the interactions between bathypelagic bacteria and their phages.

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