New dimensions of the virus world discovered through metagenomics

Metagenomic analysis of viruses suggests novel patterns of evolution, changes the existing ideas of the composition of the virus world and reveals novel groups of viruses and virus-like agents. The gene composition of the marine DNA virome is dramatically different from that of known bacteriophages....

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Published in:	Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 11 - 19
Main Authors:	Kristensen, David M., Mushegian, Arcady R., Dolja, Valerian V., Koonin, Eugene V.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2010
Subjects:	Animals DNA, Viral - genetics Evolution, Molecular Genome, Viral Internal Medicine Marine Biology Metagenomics RNA, Viral - genetics Seawater - virology Viruses - classification Viruses - genetics Water Microbiology
ISSN:	0966-842X, 1878-4380, 1878-4380
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