Viruses in the desert: A metagenomic survey of viral communities in four perennial ponds of the Mauritanian Sahara

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 359-369

  Fancello, Laura ^a   Trape, Sébatien ^b   Robert, Catherine ^a   Boyer, Mickaël ^a,c   Popgeorgiev, Nikolay ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Desnues, Christelle ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c Danone Research   (France)

Author keywords

Adrar plateau; giant virus; Mauritania; perennial water pond; Sahara desert; viral metagenomics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP PEST; DESERT; DOMINANCE; GENOMICS; HETEROTROPHY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POND; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA VIRUS; GENETICS; MAURITANIA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POND; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODIVERSITY; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA VIRUSES; MAURITANIA; METAGENOMICS; MYOVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PONDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MAURITANIA; SAHARA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DNA VIRUSES; MYOVIRIDAE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84872922002     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.101     Document Type: Review

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