Ecology and evolution of viruses infecting uncultivated SUP05 bacteria as revealed by single-cell- and meta-genomics

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Roux, Simon ^a   Hawley, Alyse K ^b   Beltran, Monica Torres ^b   Scofeld, Melanie ^b   Schwientek, Patrick ^c   Stepanauskas, Ramunas ^d   Woyke, Tanja ^c   Hallam, Steven J ^b   Sullivan, Matthew B ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CAUDOVIRALES; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELPER VIRUS; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROVIRIDAE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; SATELLITE VIRUS; SINGLE CELL AMPLIFIED GENOME; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CAUDOVIRALES; MICROVIRIDAE; SSDNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84922964128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03125.001     Document Type: Article

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