Single-Stranded DNA Viruses in Antarctic Cryoconite Holes

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Pacifica Sommers, Rafaela S. Fontenele, Tayele Kringen, Simona Kraberger, Dorota L. Porazinska, John L. Darcy, Steven K. Schmidt, Arvind Varsani
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: microvirus; CRESS DNA virus; cryoconite; glacier; viral metagenomics; Antarctica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Taylor Valley; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11111022

Antarctic cryoconite holes, or small melt-holes in the surfaces of glaciers, create habitable oases for isolated microbial communities with tightly linked microbial population structures. Viruses may influence the dynamics of polar microbial communities, but the viromes of the Antarctic cryoconite h...