Eukaryotic circular rep-encoding single-stranded DNA (CRESS DNA) viruses: ubiquitous viruses with small genomes and a diverse host range

L Zhao, K Rosario, M Breitbart, S Duffy - Advances in virus research, 2019 - Elsevier
While single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was once thought to be a relatively rare genomic
architecture for viruses, modern metagenomics sequencing has revealed circular ssDNA …

Abundance and distribution of enteric bacteria and viruses in coastal and estuarine sediments—A review

F Hassard, CL Gwyther, K Farkas, A Andrews… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The long term survival of fecal indicator organisms (FIOs) and human pathogenic
microorganisms in sediments is important from a water quality, human health and ecological …

Hadal biosphere: insight into the microbial ecosystem in the deepest ocean on Earth

T Nunoura, Y Takaki, M Hirai… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Hadal oceans at water depths below 6,000 m are the least-explored aquatic biosphere. The
Challenger Deep, located in the western equatorial Pacific, with a water depth of∼ 11 km, is …

Metavir 2: new tools for viral metagenome comparison and assembled virome analysis

S Roux, J Tournayre, A Mahul, D Debroas, F Enault - BMC bioinformatics, 2014 - Springer
Background Metagenomics, based on culture-independent sequencing, is a well-fitted
approach to provide insights into the composition, structure and dynamics of environmental …

Ecology and evolution of viruses infecting uncultivated SUP05 bacteria as revealed by single-cell-and meta-genomics

S Roux, AK Hawley, M Torres Beltran, M Scofield… - elife, 2014 - elifesciences.org
Viruses modulate microbial communities and alter ecosystem functions. However, due to
cultivation bottlenecks, specific virus–host interaction dynamics remain cryptic. In this study …

Virus diversity and interactions with hosts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents

R Cheng, X Li, L Jiang, L Gong, C Geslin, Z Shao - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The deep sea harbors many viruses, yet their diversity and interactions with
hosts in hydrothermal ecosystems are largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the viral …

Recombination as a motor of host switches and virus emergence: geminiviruses as case studies

P Lefeuvre, E Moriones - Current Opinion in Virology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recombination is inherent to the geminivirus replication process.•Recombination
is adaptive in the family, allowing for host shifts and increased host ranges.•Recombination …

Diversity and distribution of viruses inhabiting the deepest ocean on Earth

H Jian, Y Yi, J Wang, Y Hao, M Zhang, S Wang… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
As the most abundant biological entities on the planet, viruses significantly influence the
overall functioning of marine ecosystems. The abundance, distribution, and biodiversity of …

Human oral viruses are personal, persistent and gender-consistent

SR Abeles, R Robles-Sikisaka, M Ly, AG Lum… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Viruses are the most abundant members of the human oral microbiome, yet relatively little is
known about their biodiversity in humans. To improve our understanding of the DNA viruses …

Novel viral communities potentially assisting in carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur metabolism in the upper slope sediments of Mariana Trench

J Zhao, H Jing, Z Wang, L Wang, H Jian, R Zhang… - …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses are ubiquitous in the oceans. Even in the deep sediments of the Mariana Trench,
viruses have high productivity. However, little is known about their species composition and …