title: Endemic cyanophages and the puzzle of phage-bacteria coevolution.
abstract: A recent genomic analysis of Synechococcus cyanophages sampled for over 15 years reveals a remarkable pattern of stable phage population structure, highly reminiscent of the ecotype structure observed in bacteria and archaeal ecotypes. In this highlight I discuss the importance of this finding and the questions and opportunities it opens to learn more about the nature of phage-bacterial coevolution in the environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Otto X
authors.initials: OX
authors.lastname: Cordero
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D023281:Genomics; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*