Article
High diversity of the viral community from an Antarctic lake.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Nov 2009
López-Bueno Alberto, Tamames Javier, Velázquez David, Moya Andrés, Quesada Antonio, Alcamí Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities and can control microbial communities, but their identity in terrestrial and freshwater Antarctic ecosystems is unknown. The genetic structure of an Antarctic lake viral community revealed unexpected genetic richness distributed across the highest number of viral families that have been found to date in aquatic viral metagenomes. In contrast to other known aquatic...
Topics
- Animals
- Antarctic Regions
- Biodiversity
- Cold Climate
- DNA Viruses
- DNA, Circular
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- DNA, Viral
- Ecosystem
- Freezing
- Fresh Water
- Genes, Viral