Virus-host relationships of marine single-celled eukaryotes resolved from metatranscriptomics

Mohammad Moniruzzaman; Louie L. Wurch; Harriet Alexander; Sonya T. Dyhrman; Christopher J. Gobler; Steven W. Wilhelm

doi:10.1038/ncomms16054

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Virus-host relationships of marine single-celled eukaryotes resolved from metatranscriptomics

Mohammad Moniruzzaman,
Louie L. Wurch,
Harriet Alexander,
Sonya T. Dyhrman,
Christopher J. Gobler,
Steven W. Wilhelm

Affiliations

Mohammad Moniruzzaman: Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee
Louie L. Wurch: Department of Biology, James Madison University
Harriet Alexander: Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Sonya T. Dyhrman: Department of Earth and Environmental Science and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Christopher J. Gobler: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
Steven W. Wilhelm: Department of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16054
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Viruses are partners in ecosystem ecology, yet their study has been primarily limited to laboratory models virus-host or derived from metagenomics. Here, Moniruzzamanet al. use metatranscriptomics to resolve interactions between giant viruses and single-celled eukaryotic hosts.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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