Genomes of three bacteriophages from the deep subsurface aquifer
Vitaly V. Kadnikov,
Andrey V. Mardanov,
Yulia A. Frank,
Alexey V. Beletsky,
Olga V. Karnachuk,
Nikolai V. Ravin
Affiliations
Vitaly V. Kadnikov
Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Corresponding author at: Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Andrey V. Mardanov
Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Yulia A. Frank
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Alexey V. Beletsky
Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Olga V. Karnachuk
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Nikolai V. Ravin
Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Viral particles have been detected in the underground biosphere where they could be one of the main factors impacting microbial diversity, biogeochemistry and evolution. To characterize the viral component in the deep subsurface biosphere, we sequenced the metagenome of subsurface aquifer located in the Tomsk region of Russia, sampled via 2.8-km-deep borehole 5P. The de novo assembly of metagenomics sequences yielded three circular genomes assigned to bacteriophages of the order Caudovirales. The annotated genome sequences of these bacteriophages have been deposited in the GenBank database under the accession numbers MK113949, MK113950 and MK113951.
