Viral Metagenomics Reveals Widely Diverse Viral Community of Freshwater Amazonian Lake.

ABSTRACT: Despite the importance of understanding the ecology of freshwater viruses, there are not many studies on the subject compared to marine viruses. The microbiological interactions in these environments are still poorly known, especially between bacteriophages and their host bacteria and between cyanophages and cyanobacteria. Lake Bologna, Belém, capital of the Brazilian State of Pará, is a water source that supplies the city and its metropolitan region. However, it remains unexplored regarding the contents of its virome and viral diversity composition. Therefore, this work aims to explore the taxonomic diversity of DNA viruses in this lake, especially bacteriophages and cyanophages, since they can act as transducers of resistance genes and reporters of water quality for human consumption. We

SUBMITTER: Nogueira WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9081339 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature