Diversities and interactions of phages and bacteria in deep-sea sediments as revealed by metagenomics.

ABSTRACT: Phages are found virtually everywhere, even in extreme environments, and are extremely diverse both in their virion structures and in their genomic content. They are thought to shape the taxonomic and functional composition of microbial communities as well as their stability. A number of studies on laboratory culture and viral metagenomic research provide deeper insights into the abundance, diversity, distribution, and interaction with hosts of phages across a wide range of ecosystems. Although most of these studies focus on easily accessible samples, such as soils, lakes, and shallow oceans, little is known about bathypelagic phages. In this study, through analyzing the 16S rRNA sequencing and viral metagenomic sequencing data of 25 samples collected from five different bathypelagic ecosy

SUBMITTER: Sun X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10801174 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature