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Metagenomic exploration of viruses throughout the Indian Ocean.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Williamson Shannon J, Allen Lisa Zeigler, Lorenzi Hernan A, Fadrosh Douglas W, Brami Daniel, Thiagarajan Mathangi, McCrow John P, Tovchigrechko Andrey, Yooseph Shibu, Venter J Craig
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The characterization of global marine microbial taxonomic and functional diversity is a primary goal of the Global Ocean Sampling Expedition. As part of this study, 19 water samples were collected aboard the Sorcerer II sailing vessel from the southern Indian Ocean in an effort to more thoroughly understand the lifestyle strategies of the microbial inhabitants of this ultra-oligotrophic region. No investigations...
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