Saline lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau harbor unique viral assemblages mediating microbial environmental adaption

Summary: The highest plateau on Earth, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, contains thousands of lakes with broad salinity and diverse and unique microbial communities. However, little is known about their co-occurring viruses. Herein, we identify 4,560 viral Operational Taxonomic Units (vOTUs) from six viromes...

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Main Authors: Chengxiang Gu, Yantao Liang, Jiansen Li, Hongbing Shao, Yong Jiang, Xinhao Zhou, Chen Gao, Xianrong Li, Wenjing Zhang, Cui Guo, Hui He, Hualong Wang, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Curtis A. Suttle, Andrew McMinn, Jiwei Tian, Min Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221014103