Marine viruses discovered via metagenomics shed light on viral strategies throughout the oceans

The understanding of marine virus diversity and function is in its infancy. Here, Coutinhoet al. assemble a data set of new viral contigs and use co-occurrence analyses to identify the putative hosts, elucidate infection strategies and viral strategies for exploiting their hosts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Felipe H. Coutinho, Cynthia B. Silveira, Gustavo B. Gregoracci, Cristiane C. Thompson, Robert A. Edwards, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Bas E. Dutilh, Fabiano L. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15955