Viral Communities in the Global Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt Assessed by Targeted Viromics

Viruses are an abundant, diverse and dynamic component of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. In the ocean, viruses play a key role in the biogeochemical cycles and controlling microbial abundance, diversity and evolution. Recent metagenomics studies assessed the structure of the viral community in t...

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Main Authors: Daniele De Corte, Joaquín Martínez Martínez, Mariana Silvia Cretoiu, Yoshihiro Takaki, Takuro Nunoura, Eva Sintes, Gerhard J. Herndl, Taichi Yokokawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01801/full