Abstract：
Microbial communities, including bacteria, diatoms, and fungi, colonize plastic surfaces, forming biofilms known as the \"plastisphere.\" Recent research has revealed that plastispheres also host a wide range of viruses, sparking interest in microbial ecology and virology. This shared habitat allows viruses to replicate, interact, infect, and spread, potentially impacting the environment and human health. Consequently, viruses attached to microplastics are now recognized to have broad effects on cellular and immune responses. However, the ecology and implications of viruses hosted in plastisphere habitats remain poorly understood, highlighting their fundamental importance as a subject of study. This review explores various pathways for virus attachment to plastispheres, factors influencing these interactions, their impacts within plastisphere and host-associated environments, and associated issues. It also summarizes current research and identifies knowledge gaps. We anticipate that this paper will help improve our predictive understanding of plastisphere viruses in natural settings and emphasizes the need for more research in real-world environments to advance the field.
摘要：
微生物群落,包括细菌,硅藻,和真菌，定殖塑料表面，形成被称为“质体”的生物膜。“最近的研究表明，质体球体还含有多种病毒，激发了人们对微生物生态学和病毒学的兴趣。这个共享的栖息地允许病毒复制，互动,感染，和传播，可能影响环境和人类健康。因此,附着在微塑料上的病毒现在被认为对细胞和免疫反应有广泛的影响。然而,在质体栖息地中托管的病毒的生态和含义仍然知之甚少，强调它们作为研究主题的根本重要性。这篇综述探讨了病毒附着于质体球的各种途径，影响这些相互作用的因素，它们在质体和宿主相关环境中的影响，和相关的问题。它还总结了当前的研究并确定了知识差距。我们预计这篇文章将有助于提高我们对自然环境中的质体病毒的预测性理解，并强调需要在现实环境中进行更多研究以推进这一领域。
