Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Ecogenomics of virophages and their giant virus hosts assessed through time series metagenomics

  • Simon Roux,
  • Leong-Keat Chan,
  • Rob Egan,
  • Rex R. Malmstrom,
  • Katherine D. McMahon,
  • Matthew B. Sullivan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01086-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Virophages are recently-identified small viruses that infect larger viruses, yet their diversity and ecological roles are poorly understood. Here, Roux and colleagues present time series metagenomics data revealing new virophage genera and their putative ecological interactions in two freshwater lakes.