Comparative metagenomics of viral assemblages inhabiting four phyla of marine invertebrates
Viruses are the most abundant biological entities on Earth, killing 10-20% of oceanic biomass each day. However, despite their ecological importance, viruses inhabiting many echinoderms, cnidarians, urochordates, and marine arthropods have not been investigated with significant breadth. We conducted...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00023/full |