Comparative metagenomics of viral assemblages inhabiting four phyla of marine invertebrates

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, killing 10-20% of oceanic biomass each day. However, despite their ecological importance, viruses inhabiting many echinoderms, cnidarians, urochordates, and marine arthropods have not been investigated with significant breadth. We conducted...

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Main Authors: Brent Michael Gudenkauf, Ian eHewson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00023/full