Extended Evaluation of Viral Diversity in Lake Baikal through Metagenomics.

ABSTRACT: Lake Baikal is a unique oligotrophic freshwater lake with unusually cold conditions and amazing biological diversity. Studies of the lake's viral communities have begun recently, and their full diversity is not elucidated yet. Here, we performed DNA viral metagenomic analysis on integral samples from four different deep-water and shallow stations of the southern and central basins of the lake. There was a strict distinction of viral communities in areas with different environmental conditions. Comparative analysis with other freshwater lakes revealed the highest similarity of Baikal viromes with those of the Asian lakes Soyang and Biwa. Analysis of new data, together with previously published data allowed us to get a deeper insight into the diversity and functional potential of Baikal viru

SUBMITTER: Butina TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8066274 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature