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

• Published in: Microbiome
• Main Authors: Adriaenssens, Evelien M., Kramer, Rolf, Van Goethem, Marc W., Makhalanyane, Thulani P., Hogg, Ian D., Cowan, Don A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2017
• Subjects: Viromics; Soil; Antarctica; Viral diversity; Viral community structure; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Mackay; Mackay Glacier; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11468; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0301-7

Background The 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...