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Phage-bacteria relationships and CRISPR elements revealed by a metagenomic survey of the rumen microbiome.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Berg Miller Margret E, Yeoman Carl J, Chia Nicholas, Tringe Susannah G, Angly Florent E, Edwards Robert A, Flint Harry J, Lamed Raphael, Bayer Edward A, White Bryan A
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Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on the planet and play an important role in balancing microbes within an ecosystem and facilitating horizontal gene transfer. Although bacteriophages are abundant in rumen environments, little is known about the types of viruses present or their interaction with the rumen microbiome. We undertook random pyrosequencing of virus-enriched metagenomes (viromes)...
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