Distinct circular single-stranded DNA viruses exist in different soil types.

ABSTRACT: The potential dependence of virus populations on soil types was examined by electron microscopy, and the total abundance of virus particles in four soil types was similar to that previously observed in soil samples. The four soil types examined differed in the relative abundances of four morphological groups of viruses. Machair, a unique type of coastal soil in western Scotland and Ireland, differed from the others tested in having a higher proportion of tailed bacteriophages. The other soils examined contained predominantly spherical and thin filamentous virus particles, but the Machair soil had a more even distribution of the virus types. As the first step in looking at differences in populations in detail, virus sequences from Machair and brown earth (agricultural pasture) soils were ex

SUBMITTER: Reavy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4524151 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature