Fecal Viral Diversity of Captive and Wild Tasmanian Devils Characterized Using Virion-Enriched Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics

The Tasmanian devil is an endangered carnivorous marsupial threatened by devil facial tumor disease (DFTD). While research on DFTD has been extensive, little is known about viruses in devils and whether any are of potential conservation relevance for this endangered species. Using both metagenomics...

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Published in:	Journal of virology Vol. 93; no. 11
Main Authors:	Chong, Rowena, Shi, Mang, Grueber, Catherine E, Holmes, Edward C, Hogg, Carolyn J, Belov, Katherine, Barrs, Vanessa R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.06.2019
Subjects:	evolutionary biology carnivore endangered species marsupial microbial ecology microbiome virus
ISSN:	1098-5514, 1098-5514
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