Putative archaeal viruses from the mesopelagic ocean

Oceanic viruses that infect bacteria, or phages, are known to modulate host diversity, metabolisms, and biogeochemical cycling, while the viruses that infect marine Archaea remain understudied despite the critical ecosystem roles played by their hosts. Here we introduce “MArVD”, for Metagenomic Arch...

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Main Authors: Dean R. Vik, Simon Roux, Jennifer R. Brum, Ben Bolduc, Joanne B. Emerson, Cory C. Padilla, Frank J. Stewart, Matthew B. Sullivan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3428.pdf