Metagenomic Characterization of the Viral Community of the South Scotia Ridge

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Yang, Qingwei, Gao, Chen, Jiang, Yong, Wang, Min, Zhou, Xinhao, Shao, Hongbing, Gong, Zheng, McMinn, Andrew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Pacific; South Scotia Ridge; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6410227/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30678352; https://doi.org/10.3390/v11020095

Viruses are the most abundant biological entities in aquatic ecosystems and harbor an enormous amount of genetic diversity. Whereas their influence on marine ecosystems is widely acknowledged, current information about their diversity remains limited. We conducted a viral metagenomic analysis of wat...