Environmental drivers of viral community composition in Antarctic soils identified by viromics.

• Main Authors: Adriaenssens, Evelien M, Kramer, Rolf, Van Goethem, Marc W, Makhalanyane, Thulani P, Hogg, Ian, Cowan, Don A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2017
• Subjects: Viruses; Bacteriophages; RNA; Ribosomal; 16S; Soil Microbiology; Environment; Ecosystem; Phylogeny; Genome; Viral; Antarctic Regions; Antarctica; Soil; Viral community structure; Viral diversity; Viromics; 2.2 Factors relating to physical environment; Infection; Ecology; Microbiology; Medical Microbiology; Antarctic; Mackay; Mackay Glacier; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5h2818m2

BackgroundThe Antarctic continent is considered the coldest and driest place on earth with simple ecosystems, devoid of higher plants. Soils in the ice-free regions of Antarctica are known to harbor a wide range of microorganisms from primary producers to grazers, yet their ecology and particularly...