Viruses as winners in the game of life

AG Cobián Güemes, M Youle, VA Cantú… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Viruses are the most abundant and the most diverse life form. In this meta-analysis we
estimate that there are 4.80× 1031 phages on Earth. Further, 97% of viruses are in soil and …

Global overview and major challenges of host prediction methods for uncultivated phages

C Coclet, S Roux - Current Opinion in Virology, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Global phage diversity is now primarily explored through cultivation-independent
metagenomics.•Metagenome-derived phages are typically linked to their host (s) via in silico …

Global trends in marine plankton diversity across kingdoms of life

FM Ibarbalz, N Henry, MC Brandão, S Martini… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The ocean is home to myriad small planktonic organisms that underpin the functioning of
marine ecosystems. However, their spatial patterns of diversity and the underlying drivers …

High-accuracy long-read amplicon sequences using unique molecular identifiers with Nanopore or PacBio sequencing

SM Karst, RM Ziels, RH Kirkegaard, EA Sørensen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
High-throughput amplicon sequencing of large genomic regions remains challenging for
short-read technologies. Here, we report a high-throughput amplicon sequencing approach …

Characterization of crAss-like phage isolates highlights Crassvirales genetic heterogeneity and worldwide distribution

MD Ramos-Barbero, C Gómez-Gómez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crassvirales (crAss-like phages) are an abundant group of human gut-specific
bacteriophages discovered in silico. The use of crAss-like phages as human fecal indicators …

The 'neglected'soil virome–potential role and impact

AA Pratama, JD Van Elsas - Trends in Microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
Bacteriophages are among the most abundant and diverse biological units in the biosphere.
They have contributed to our understanding of the central dogma of biology and have been …

Biological invasions, climate change, and genomics

SL Chown, KA Hodgins, PC Griffin - Crop Breeding, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Biological invasions constitute a major environmental change driver, affecting conservation,
agriculture and human health. Invasive alien species (IAS) impacts include, alterations of …

Diversities and potential biogeochemical impacts of mangrove soil viruses

M **, X Guo, R Zhang, W Qu, B Gao, R Zeng - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Mangroves are ecologically and economically important forests of the tropics.
As one of the most carbon-rich biomes, mangroves account for 11% of the total input of …

The human gut phageome: origins and roles in the human gut microbiome

EM Townsend, L Kelly, G Muscatt, JD Box… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The investigation of the microbial populations of the human body, known as the microbiome,
has led to a revolutionary field of science, and understanding of its impacts on human …

Virus–host interactions and their roles in coral reef health and disease

RV Thurber, JP Payet, AR Thurber… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Coral reefs occur in nutrient-poor shallow waters, constitute biodiversity and productivity
hotspots, and are threatened by anthropogenic disturbance. This Review provides an …