Marine viruses discovered via metagenomics shed light on viral strategies throughout the oceans

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Coutinho, Felipe H ^a,b,c   Silveira, Cynthia B ^a,d   Gregoracci, Gustavo B ^e   Thompson, Cristiane C ^a   Edwards, Robert A ^d   Brussaard, Corina P D ^c,f   Dutilh, Bas E ^a,b,c   Thompson, Fabiano L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; GENOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRUS;

BACTERIOPHAGE; HABITAT; LYSIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PELAGIBACTER; PREDICTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA;

CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 85021797202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15955     Document Type: Article

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