Metagenomic analysis of the viral community in Namib Desert hypoliths.

@article{Adriaenssens2015MetagenomicAO,
  title={Metagenomic analysis of the viral community in Namib Desert hypoliths.},
  author={Evelien M. Adriaenssens and Lonnie van Zyl and Pieter de Maayer and Enrico Rubagotti and Edward Peter Rybicki and Marla I. Tuffin and Don A. Cowan},
  journal={Environmental microbiology},
  year={2015},
  volume={17 2},
  pages={
          480-95
        }
}
Hypolithic microbial communities are specialized desert communities inhabiting the underside of translucent rocks. Here, we present the first study of the viral fraction of these communities isolated from the hyperarid Namib Desert. The taxonomic composition of the hypolithic viral communities was investigated and a functional assessment of the sequences determined. Phylotypic analysis showed that bacteriophages belonging to the order Caudovirales, in particular the family Siphoviridae, were… 
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