Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Single-virus genomics reveals hidden cosmopolitan and abundant viruses

  • Francisco Martinez-Hernandez,
  • Oscar Fornas,
  • Monica Lluesma Gomez,
  • Benjamin Bolduc,
  • Maria Jose de la Cruz Peña,
  • Joaquín Martínez Martínez,
  • Josefa Anton,
  • Josep M. Gasol,
  • Riccardo Rosselli,
  • Francisco Rodriguez-Valera,
  • Matthew B. Sullivan,
  • Silvia G. Acinas,
  • Manuel Martinez-Garcia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15892
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Viruses play an important role in microbial communities but, due to limitations of available techniques, our understanding of viral diversity is limited. Here, the authors use SVGs and identify highly abundant viruses in marine communities that have been previously overlooked.