1. Making the case for
Viral niche construction
Steven Hamblin and Mark Tanaka
University of New South Wales
2. ... “the phenomenon of constructing, destroying, or
altering one’s environment and thus changing the
selection pressures exerted by that environment.”
Boni & Feldman, 2005
6. Scombridae Hamsters
Euchondrus Petrel
Corvids Beech trees Cod
Barbets Viruses
Beeflies
Ants
Mites
Caecilians
IguanasCows
Monarch butterfly
Skinks Sphagnum
Smelts
Carp
Trionychidae Ant lions
Flies
Meropidae
Sharks
Whales
Lovebirds
Rodents
Trochilidae
Lutra
Helicopsychidae
Scolytidae Capitonidae Vipes
Vombatidae Fo
Bats
DermapteraRats Gerbils
Hemisotidae
Ploceidae
B
Paradise fish
Flowering plants
leontidae
Deinopidae Apinae
Lizards
Picidae
mbats
Hominids
Earwigs Dipterans
Parasitoid insects
Badgers Teiidae Gymnopphiona Lepidoptera Lanternfishes Terrapins
Tenebrionidae
Fishes
Neanderthals
custs
Prairie dogs
Cricitelus
Testudina
Tuatara Apicotermes
Jerboas Diatoms
Caelifera Lampreys
Hydropsychiade
Hedgehogs Siluriformes
Cuckoo
Bee
gles
Macrotermitinae
alia Areneus
era Rabbits
Lemm
Trichoptera
O
B
nobacteria
Birds
Iso
Homo
Arachnids
Amphipods Primates
hichthidae
optera
Cattle
Pipesnakes
Bowerbirds
Agapornis
Puffinus
Dipodidae
Bembix
Turdus
Embioptera Thrush
E
Megapodes
Coral Red admiral
Treehoppers Ariadna
Voles Tits Gastercantha Lobsters Chiromantis
Guinea pigs Vespinae
Snails Bucerotidae Chameleons
Painted lady Pisauridae
Dendrobatidae
Philopotamidae
Peromyscus House martin Acacia Cynomys Macronema Owls
Theridion Caterpillars Eels
Wildebeest Hirundinidae Trachinoidei Gazelles
Sardines Segestriidae Galliwasps Furnariidae Thysanoptera River otters
histiidae
Storks Vanessa
Rooks Microphytes
Merganser Synbranchiforme
Coniosporium Katydids
Sarcophagids Erinaceus Flatworms
era Silverfish Acrididae Catfish
Porcupines Eublepharidae He
oadfish Butterflies
Tortoise Moles
Hummingbirds Snake eels
shers
Psocoptera
Vulpes Drosophila
Braconidae Pro
Cichlids
ungus Spalax
Petromyzontiformes
Melinae Bark lice
Coleoptera
Muskrats
Atta Pleurodira
Lichens Argyroneta Honey eater Pongidae Grasses
Eubacteria Buffalo grass Tetragnatha MyctophidaeGobies Congridae Millipedes Pygopodids
Hornbills
us Marmots
Testudinidae Mudskip
Louse
a
Mosses
Black rush Cyclorana
Cavia
Dibamids
7.
8.
9. 2 Gt/y
5 Gt/y
Atmosphere
805 Gt
+4 Gt/y
Biological and chemical
processes
Fossil fuel use
Deforestation
CO2
UV
CO2 90 Gt/y
93 Gt/y
DOC
700 Gt
Plankton
5 Gt
Fossil fuels
7, 000 Gt
Thermocline
Ocean
38,500 Gt
POC
50 Gt
Plankton infected
by virus
Lysis of plankton
by viruses
150 Gt/y
Uninfected cells and
detritus sink
3 Gt/y
Figure 4 | Viruses can affect the efficiency of the biological pump. Viruses cause the lysis of cells, converting them into particulate organic carbon (POC) and
dissolved organic carbon (DOC). This reduces the rate atwhich C sinks from the surface layer into the deep ocean where the carbon is trapped for millennia
(biological pump). Instead the carbon is retained in the surface waters where it is photo-oxidized and respired, in chemical equilibrium with the atmosphere.
The net effect is a faster rate of CO2 build-up in the atmosphere than would occur if the POC were ‘exported’ to the deep ocean.
oligotrophic ocean, where slow rate processes make it difficult to
obtain reliable data except from visibly infected cells or viral decay
rates. Moreover, the assumptions for calculating mortality rates are
particularly poorly grounded for open-ocean species. Even within relatively productive environments, estimates of the contribution of
ton, where virus-infected cells sink rapidly78, potentially increasing the
transport of cells to deeper waters27. Nutrients other than carbon are
also released by viral lysis79,80. As these nutrients are largely organically
bound, this can affect their availability and pathways of cycling. In
some cases, released nutrients such as iron can fill a major portion of
Suttle, 2005
12. Nucleopolyhedrovirus
(NPV)
MNPV
Virions
Occlusion
body
Granulovirus
(GV)
SNPV
Figure 1 Occluded virions. Baculovirus genera are based on the structures
of occluded virus, polyhedral shaped for nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) with
many enveloped nucleocapsids or smaller ovoid occlusions with a single
nucleocapsid for granulovirus (GV). NPVs may contain multiple
nucleocapsids (MNPV) or single nucleocapsids (SNPV).
genera should be revised. The lepidopteran NPVs are more
the point where they a
have lost the genes enti
that the hymenopteran
midgut, in which case a
necessary (Duffy et al
Gammabaculoviridae is
drovirus (NeleNPV).
Only one member of
sequenced to date. Cule
(CuniNPV) infects mos
produces both BV (con
matrix protein shows no
or granulin and may r
proteins (Perera et al.,
Most baculoviruses
are named after the i
exception to this rule is
32 different lepidoptera
Structure
Guarino, 2011
35. Granulovirus Morphs
Type I
•Infect only midgut and fat bodies.
•Kill slowly, little or no liquefaction.
Type II
•Infect multiple tissues.
•Kill more quickly, liquefy the host.