Soil viral diversity, ecology and climate change
JK Jansson, R Wu - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Soil viruses are highly abundant and have important roles in the regulation of host dynamics
and soil ecology. Climate change is resulting in unprecedented changes to soil ecosystems …
and soil ecology. Climate change is resulting in unprecedented changes to soil ecosystems …
Four principles to establish a universal virus taxonomy
A universal taxonomy of viruses is essential for a comprehensive view of the virus world and
for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However …
for communicating the complicated evolutionary relationships among viruses. However …
IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultivated virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, taxonomic, and ecological metadata
AP Camargo, S Nayfach, IMA Chen… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Viruses are widely recognized as critical members of all microbiomes. Metagenomics
enables large-scale exploration of the global virosphere, progressively revealing the …
enables large-scale exploration of the global virosphere, progressively revealing the …
Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth's RNA virome
Whereas DNA viruses are known to be abundant, diverse, and commonly key ecosystem
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …
players, RNA viruses are insufficiently studied outside disease settings. In this study, we …
VirSorter2: a multi-classifier, expert-guided approach to detect diverse DNA and RNA viruses
Background Viruses are a significant player in many biosphere and human ecosystems, but
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …
most signals remain “hidden” in metagenomic/metatranscriptomic sequence datasets due to …
A roadmap for genome-based phage taxonomy
Bacteriophage (phage) taxonomy has been in flux since its inception over four decades ago.
Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have …
Genome sequencing has put pressure on the classification system and recent years have …
CheckV assesses the quality and completeness of metagenome-assembled viral genomes
Millions of new viral sequences have been identified from metagenomes, but the quality and
completeness of these sequences vary considerably. Here we present CheckV, an …
completeness of these sequences vary considerably. Here we present CheckV, an …
[HTML][HTML] Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages
High-throughput RNA sequencing offers broad opportunities to explore the Earth RNA
virome. Mining 5,150 diverse metatranscriptomes uncovered> 2.5 million RNA virus contigs …
virome. Mining 5,150 diverse metatranscriptomes uncovered> 2.5 million RNA virus contigs …
Expanding known viral diversity in the healthy infant gut
The gut microbiome is shaped through infancy and impacts the maturation of the immune
system, thus protecting against chronic disease later in life. Phages, or viruses that infect …
system, thus protecting against chronic disease later in life. Phages, or viruses that infect …
IMG/VR v3: an integrated ecological and evolutionary framework for interrogating genomes of uncultivated viruses
S Roux, D Páez-Espino, IMA Chen… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Viruses are integral components of all ecosystems and microbiomes on Earth. Through
pervasive infections of their cellular hosts, viruses can reshape microbial community …
pervasive infections of their cellular hosts, viruses can reshape microbial community …