Charting the diversity of uncultured viruses of Archaea and Bacteria

Abstract Background Viruses of Archaea and Bacteria are among the most abundant and diverse biological entities on Earth. Unraveling their biodiversity has been challenging due to methodological limitations. Recent advances in culture-independent techniques, such as metagenomics, shed light on the u...

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Main Authors: F. H. Coutinho, R. A. Edwards, F. Rodríguez-Valera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-019-0723-8