Coming-of-Age Characterization of Soil Viruses: A User’s Guide to Virus Isolation, Detection within Metagenomes, and Viromics

The study of soil viruses, though not new, has languished relative to the study of marine viruses. This is particularly due to challenges associated with separating virions from harboring soils. Generally, three approaches to analyzing soil viruses have been employed: (1) Isolation, to characterize...

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Main Authors: Gareth Trubl, Paul Hyman, Simon Roux, Stephen T. Abedon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Soil Systems
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/4/2/23